Rigid in death. stiff and stark: see stark, adj. 5b.stiff one, stiff 'un, (a) a corpse (slang); (b) slang a racehorse certain to lose or not to run…
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| 释义 | the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] > condition of (6) stiffa1200 Rigid in death. stiff and stark: see stark, adj. 5b.stiff one, stiff 'un, (a) a corpse (slang); (b) slang a racehorse certain to lose or not to run… colda1400 The proper adjective expressing a well-known quality of the air or of other substances exciting one of… said of the human body when deprived of… throa1400 Of a corpse: Stiff, rigid. starkc1425 Rigid or stiff in death; characterized by rigor mortis. clay-cold1633 As cold as clay: usually of a dead body. (Cf. clay, n. 3 4.) stith1755 Inflexible, rigid, stiff. Scottish. Rigid (in death). ? Obsolete. |
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