- 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...
- tradition, also by nuns, in the
Byzantine Rite,
composed of a
kamilavka (
stiffened round black headcovering) with an epanokamelavkion, a veil
which completely...
- is
called 煮凝り (Niko-gori),
literally 'boiled then
become flocculated/
stiffened'. Not
intended cooking,
occurs naturally in winter,
historically tasted...
- and silk, starched, and
stiffened with whalebone. A busk,
typically made of wood, ivory, metal, or whalebone, was
added to
stiffen the
front of the bodice...
- A support****e or
underpropper is a
stiffened support for a ruff or collar.
Essential items of
courtly fashion in the late 16th and
early 17th centuries...
-
stapedius and
tensor tympani muscles of the
ossicles contract. The
stapedius stiffens the
ossicular chain by
pulling the
stapes (stirrup) of the
middle ear away...
-
weapon is
named after it. The name
comes from the
Latin torpere, 'to be
stiffened or paralyzed', from the
effect on
someone who
touches the fish. Electric...
-
Alice bands made of
plastic and
stiffened fabric...
-
Cigarette cards are
trading cards issued by
tobacco manufacturers to
stiffen cigarette packaging and
advertise cigarette brands.
Between 1875 and the...
-
froze his old features,
nipped his
pointed nose,
shrivelled his ch****,
stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and
spoke out shrewdly...
