Stiffening
Stiffening objects or processes brings rigidity and structural integrity. Stiffening is used in crafts, art, industry, architecture, sports, aerospace, object construction, bookbinding, etc.
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Famous quotes containing the word stiffening:
“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing—”Carry a message to Garcia!””
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915)
“A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement—in a word, with more renunciation than you care for—and so you flee the contagion.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)