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.
Stiff"-heart`ed (?), a. [Stiff + heart.] Obstinate; stubborn;
contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4.
Stiff"ish, a. Somewhat stiff.
Stiff"ly (?), adv. In a stiff manner.
Stiff"-necked` (?), a. Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious;
as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9.
Stiff"-neck`ed*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being stiff-necked;
stubbornness.
Stiff"ness, n. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness
of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.
South.