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this polymer that is used to stiffen clothing. Starch was widely used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries to stiffen the wide collars and ruffs of...2 KB (251 words) - 15:04, 8 May 2024- corner of the sail. This innovation was used to stiffen and hold the edge of the sail when sailing close to the wind. "Glossary of Viking Words". Archived...1 KB (93 words) - 13:11, 11 May 2021
- causes the back to stiffen and even arch backwards, the legs to straighten, stiffen, and push together, the toes to point, the arms to straighten (not...2 KB (299 words) - 02:15, 7 June 2023
USS Maine (1889) (redirect from Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!)bulkhead all the way to the bow and served to stiffen the ram. The deck sloped downwards to the sides, but its thickness increased to 3 inches (76 mm). The...98 KB (11,721 words) - 04:02, 24 April 2024
Franco-Prussian War (redirect from Occupation of France by Germany from 1870 to 1873)opinion stiffened and now demanded more firmness as well as territorial compensations. As a result, Napoleon demanded from Prussia a return to the French...116 KB (15,093 words) - 06:35, 25 May 2024
only glue used in the making of ballet dancers' pointe shoes, to stiffen the box (toe area) to support the dancer en pointe. Many manufacturers of pointe...37 KB (4,402 words) - 13:08, 15 May 2024
summer 1933. Over the years until the outbreak of war Catholic resistance stiffened until finally its most eminent spokesman was the Pope himself with his...169 KB (23,766 words) - 01:18, 20 May 2024
amphibians evolved into reptiles and mammals and a few subsets of each returned to the ocean as sea snakes, sea turtles, seals, manatees, and whales. Plant forms...304 KB (29,027 words) - 03:21, 16 May 2024
These are some words which are unique to the Dorset dialect, spoken in Dorset in the West Country of England. Wiktionary has a category on Dorset English...27 KB (177 words) - 11:06, 23 May 2024
to have dictated extracts while taking a bath. In winter, he furnished the copier with gloves and long sleeves so his writing hand would not stiffen with...48 KB (6,138 words) - 00:42, 23 May 2024- aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied...24 KB (3,321 words) - 17:13, 20 May 2024
sand grains and shell fragments, which they attach to their outsides. Some colonial sea anemones stiffen the mesoglea with sediment particles. A mineralized...82 KB (8,944 words) - 17:17, 12 May 2024
paste, clothing or laundry starch, can be applied to certain textile goods before ironing to stiffen them. The word "starch" is from its Germanic root...60 KB (6,369 words) - 21:45, 23 April 2024- throughout most tissues of the body, particularly where they are needed to stiffen soft cellular tissue, and they also provide planes of ingress for small...5 KB (468 words) - 23:55, 4 August 2023
Republic of China (1912–1949) (redirect from Republic of China (1912 to 1949))to ally with the Communists against the Japanese in the Second United Front, an event now known as the Xi'an Incident. Chinese resistance stiffened after...104 KB (11,039 words) - 05:04, 22 May 2024
condition, is most commonly related to osteoarthritis as individuals age. Arthritis can stiffen the chest causing the ribs to become fixed in their most expanded...2 KB (269 words) - 23:03, 2 April 2024- can be used to stiffen fabrics; thicker glue is used in cabinetry. The storable form of hoof glue is a hard block of resin-like material. To use it one...2 KB (292 words) - 20:08, 25 June 2022
lungs are filled with air in order to stiffen the thorax so that forces applied for lifting can be translated down to the legs. This is achieved by a deep...35 KB (4,149 words) - 17:51, 17 May 2024
Pacific War (section Threat to Australia)it made were referred to the US-UK Combined Chiefs of Staff. Allied resistance, at first symbolic, gradually began to stiffen. Australian and Dutch forces...188 KB (22,480 words) - 11:58, 23 May 2024
it possible to fit a securing pin or wire with a lead seal. The rectangular shape made it stackable. The recessed welded seam stiffened the container...22 KB (2,534 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2024
- English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en. IPA(key): /ˈstɪfən/ Rhymes: -ɪfən stiffen (third-person singular simple present stiffens, present participle stiffening
- From an Aryan root ghrs, ‘to stiffen’ (Latin horrere for *horsere, Sanscrit hṛš, ‘to bristle up’), some have inferred Gerste to mean originally ‘the prickly
- in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart’s blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. No. 25. The secret of happiness is to admire without
- Bushings need to be replaced. You can get aluminum collars and stiffen up the rear or just take out the entire rear subframe, burn out the old bushings