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v. t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
a.
Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.
adv.
In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.
v. i.
Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
a.
Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.
a.
Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
n.
A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.
v.
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
n.
A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.
v. i.
To become soft and pliant.
a.
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
a.
Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
adv.
In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
n.
An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism.
a.
Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.
superl.
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
n.
A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
a.
Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
v. t.
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
a.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
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