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† ˈstiffing, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 6–7 stiffin(e, 7 steiffing, 7 stiffing.
[f. stiff v. + -ing1.]
That which makes stiff: a. Sc. Starch. b. Material such as whalebone or canvas used to stiffen a garment.
1597in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) Pref. p. cxiv, Stiffine callit Amedone [printed Amedoue]. 1611in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 93 None should wear..any body or sleeves of wire, whalebone, or with any other stiffing, saving canvass or buckram only. 1613Extracts 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. 1636in Aberd. Jrnl. Notes & Q. (1910) III. 28/2 Nine puncheons ten tries of white stiffin. |