Syn. -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.
Rig"id*ly (?), v. In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Rig"id*ness, n. The quality or state of being rigid.
Ri*gid"u*lous (?), a. [Dim. from rigid.] (Bot.) Somewhat rigid or
stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
Rig"let (?), n. (Print.) See Reglet.
Rig"ma*role (?), n. [For ragman roll. See Ragman's roll.] A succession
of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.
[Colloq.]
Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call
rigmarole.
De Quincey.
Rig"ma*role, a. Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical;
foolish.
Rig"ol (?), n. [OE. also ringol. Cf. Ring.] A circle; hence, a diadem.
[Obs.] Shak.
Rig"oll (?), n. [Corrupted fr. regal.] A musical instrument formerly in
use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by
beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end. Moore (Encyc. of
Music.).
||Ri"gor (?), n. [L. See Rigor., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness.
2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a
convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.
||Rigor caloris (&?;) [L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of rigor
||mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to
||about 50°C. -- ||Rigor mortis (&?;) [L. , rigor of death], death
||stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and
||lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of
||myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle
||fibers.
Rig"or (?), n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr.
rigere to be stiff. See Rigid.] [Written also rigour.] 1. The becoming
stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness;
hardness.
The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move.
Milton.