Definitions for: Stiffening

[n] the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"
[n] the process of becoming stiff or rigid

Webster (1913) Definition: Stiff"en*ing, n.
1. Act or process of making stiff.

2. Something used to make anything stiff.

Stiffening order (Com.), a permission granted by the
customs department to take cargo or ballast on board
before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship.

Synonyms: rigidification, rigidifying

See Also: action, activity, natural action, natural process, procedure, process, rigor mortis

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