• Mix together roughly four tablespoons of flour and one tablespoon of water with enough water to form a paste - a thick, stiff paste will give you a raised cross and a looser paste will give you a flat cross.
• Whisk together the double and single cream until thick, but not stiff: this takes longer than usual because of the addition of the single cream.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until thick and stiff.

• It is harder for them to dress in and out of equipment, propel themselves through the water and operate stiff power inflators or releases, for example.
• Typical aging of these windows involves corrosion of the metal, stiff operation, inability to close and multiple layers of paint.

• ‘My body was very stiff at first especially because of my old age,’ Shen said.
• A little into the morning saw all of us grimacing over our stiff bodies - the outcome of the previous day's water pursuits!
• He was weak and his aching body was still stiff from the beating.

Synonyms

• Corrissa's stiff manner left her, and she ran frantically towards the door and immediately started pounding on it.
• You have a melancholy disposition resulting in a shyness, or a formal and stiff manner of presenting yourself.
• Mel had never particularly liked the woman's stiff manner and perfect outward appearance.

Synonyms

• As he spoke, it seemed the gods were heeding the many prayers at the Cork venue, as the sun shone brightly and a stiff wind blew on the opening day.
• The Pope, who aides say is losing sleep over the possibility of war, celebrated a Mass that began with a stiff wind blowing in from Siberia over the flat steppes and ended in sunshine.
• A stiff wind blew through the woods, ruffling their hair.

Synonyms

• However, outside of China, in Japan for instance, such an effort will meet stiff resistance from habit users and from simple economic forces.
• From there a very stiff climb through what is still called ‘Sullivan road’ took us to Kundhesappe and then to Doddabetta foothill.
• Once more, firm sand provided a gentle walking surface until almost the end of the beach, where we rested before the short but stiff climb to the heathland above the cliffs.

Synonyms

• I don't drink at lunchtime but I like a stiff whisky at 6.30 in the evening and perhaps another later on.
• The General was pouring himself a stiff brandy with shaking hands.
• Bowles reassures her with a stiff whisky and a clipped certainty that everything will be back to normal tomorrow.

Synonyms

• I can tell you I never stiffed a waiter in a French restaurant.
• Every morning the same four guys came in, ate the same eggs-and-potatoes configurations, repeated the same harangue about how I was personally responsible for their lack of overtime, and stiffed me.

• I'll bet you his last album was more successful than an American superstar whose last album stiffed.
• Ultimately, we wound up doing one television show as guild members, the record started stiffing and the band broke up.
• It stiffed, but his performance sticks in the memory and it's that ability which will see him through any critical fall-out.