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stiff⋅en⋅er

  [stif-uh-ner, stif-ner]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that stiffens.
2. any substance, as starch or buckram, that serves to stiffen fabric.
Origin:
1690–1700; stiffen + -er 1
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stiff·en   (stĭf'ən)   
tr. & intr.v.   stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens
To make or become stiff or stiffer.
stiff'en·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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