† stiffingn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s stiffin(e, 1600s steiffing, 1600s stiffing.

Etymology: < stiff v. + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

That which makes stiff:

1. Scottish. Starch.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > starch

starch1440

starch flour1540

stiffing1597

starching1617

1597 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) Pref. p. cxiv Stiffine callit Amedone [printed Amedoue].

1613 Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) II. 395 Item, for lossing and careing ilk trie steiffing frome the skoute flote to the schip or hous iiij gritt.

1636 in Aberd. Jrnl. Notes & Queries (1910) III. 28/2 Nine puncheons ten tries of white stiffin.

2. Material such as whalebone or canvas used to stiffen a garment.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening

stiffing1611

buckram1732

foundation1865

Vilene1954

1611 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 93 None should wear..any body or sleeves of wire, whalebone, or with any other stiffing, saving canvass or buckram only.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	stiffing
释义	† stiffingn. Forms: 1500s–1600s stiffin(e, 1600s steiffing, 1600s stiffing. Etymology: < stiff v. + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. That which makes stiff: 1. Scottish. Starch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > starch starch1440 starch flour1540 stiffing1597 starching1617 1597 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) Pref. p. cxiv Stiffine callit Amedone [printed Amedoue]. 1613 Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) II. 395 Item, for lossing and careing ilk trie steiffing frome the skoute flote to the schip or hous iiij gritt. 1636 in Aberd. Jrnl. Notes & Queries (1910) III. 28/2 Nine puncheons ten tries of white stiffin. 2. Material such as whalebone or canvas used to stiffen a garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening stiffing1611 buckram1732 foundation1865 Vilene1954 1611 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 93 None should wear..any body or sleeves of wire, whalebone, or with any other stiffing, saving canvass or buckram only. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1597
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