10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STIFF WITH»
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stiff with in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stiff with and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
2
The Theory of Composites
Here we briefly outline the strategy for constructing three-dimensional extremal
materials; for more details see Milton and Cherkaev (1995). The first step is to
construct the pentamode materials, which, when X is large, are stiff with respect
to a ...
3
Impact of Nonpoint Pollution Control on Western Lake ...
17.5 Clay, red brown, stiff with a little silt, sand, pea gravel. Thickness 1.5 Road
fill over black organic rich top soil. 33.0 Clay, red brown, stiff, with a little silt, sand,
pea gravel, gradually declines in stiffness with depth. Thickness 29.5 Clay, red ...
Stephen C. Andrews, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Great Lakes National Program Office, 1979
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
Closely packed: late C.17-20: SE. until C.19, then coll:, but only in stiff with,
densely crowded with: 1907, 'There seemed . .. more yachts than ever, and the
water was “stiff" with masts and rigging' (OED).—Z. Certain to win: (esp. Aus.) turf:
late ...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
V) (h'&'i 1 <fe/tVVfl>* his hands are numb, stiff from the cold) *r"fe<0^
taqwaffannana to be stiffened (fingers from the cold) •fe^VT qwafanana being stiff
, numb from the cold V> qwafanan numbed, stiff with cold 'fe'PTT qwafnanna =
qwafanan ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Emotional Intelligence, p. 76, 1997 Stiff With adjective closely packed, densely
crowded UK, 190? Hyperbole; originally (from C17) a conventional use of 'stiff. •
Clara has not been without male suitors ("at times the house was stiff With them")[
.] ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A new dictionary Spanish and english and english and Spanish
Aterecido, starv'd, or grown stiff with cold. AtereWmien'to, starving, or growing stiff
with cold. Aterido, starv'd, or stiff with cold ; also iloathful, lazy. Aterirse, vid.
Aterecerfi. Aterita'do, stupified. Aterita'rse, to be stupid. Aternia, I or he would hold
...
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An Abridgment of Leverett's Latin Lexicon ...
I. То be gaff, as with cold; to be very cold or (Ш1 ; to be froten, benumbed with
cold fhgore, Cic. — Also, To be stiff with gold, iron, Ate. ; terga hou m pluinbo
hítalo ferroque rigebant, were stiff, Virg. : gelidoquc com» terrore rigebant, stood
emend ...
Frederick Percival Leverett, Francis Gardner, Henry Warren Torrey, 1840
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Club-foot: Its Causes, Pathology, and Treatment
Knee-joints stiff, with legs extended. Patelto not traceable. Hip-joints stiff with
thighs slightlv flexed, and very slight motion ; malformation doubtful. Both hands
clubbed, and fore arms pronated. Elbow-joints stiff, with malformation.
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Mean Streets: Confessions of a Nighttime Taxi Driver
5: The Stiff with a Workable Ruse This type is a cousin to the legitimate con artist
stiff and the stiff with a story. But this type is rarely seen. The best example I can
think of was a fellow I picked up many years ago on an east-end corner who ...
