10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPLIANT»
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
a. 103. To make stiff, to make u. flexible, to make unpliant ; to make obstinate. so
STIFFEN, stlf f'n. т.п. To grow stiff, tr. grow rigid, to become unpliant ; to grow hard,
to be hardened ; to grow less susceptive of iu> STIFFHEARTED, stiff-hirfM. su ...
To STIFFEN, stlf-fn, v. a. 103, To make stiff, to make inflexible, to make unpliant ;
to make obstinate. To STIFFEN, stlf-fn, v. ?i. To grow stiff or rigid; to become
unpliant ; to grow hard, to be hardened ; to grow less susceptive of impression, ...
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A General Dictionary of the English Language
v. a. To make stiff, to make inflexible, to make unpliant; to make obstinate. To
STIFFEN, stif'n. v. n. To grow stiff, to grow rigid, to become . unpliant ; to grow
hard, to be hardened ; to grow less susceptive of impression, to grow obstinate.
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A General Dictionary of the English Language. One Main ...
v. n. To grow stiff, to grow rigid, to become unpliant; to grow hard, to be hardened
; to grow less susceptive of impression, to grow obstinate. STIFFHEARTED, stlfl.l-
hil,lstvld. a. nate, stubborn, lecmtu'nrraciohs. X STIFFLY, (flisl-ly: ad. Rigidly ...
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The Student's Vade Mecum: Containing an Account ... : with ...
... and leave no nourishment for the seeds to subsist upon : on the contrary, there
are other soils so unpliant and clayey, that scarce any seed can penetrate thro'
them ; and there are others that preserve a medium between the two extremes, ...
William Smith (M.D.), 1770
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
UNPLIANT. adj. Not easily bent ; not conforming to the will. — The chisel working
up- on so unpliant stuff. Wotton. * UNP-LOWED. adj. Not plowed.— Good sound
land, that hath lain long unplow'd. Mart. * To UNPLUME. adj. To strip of plumes ...
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A critical pronouncing dictionary: and exposition of the ...
To STIFFEN, stiff n. v. n. To grow stiff, to grow rigid, to become unpliant ; to grow
hard, to be hardened ; to grow less susceptive uf im- ercsjion, to grow obstinate.
STIFFHEARTED, stlff-hirt'ed. a. Obsorratt stubborn, contumacious. STIFFLY ...
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A German-English and English German Pocket-dictionary: ...
-fugij, adj. unpliant -^I'lfen, attj. not eaten, fasting, -gl'itttt/ adj. not smoothed,
unpolished, -jjrunb- et, adj. unfounded, -fxtlttn, adj. not held, unkept, displeased,
angry, -btiftn, adj. unbidden, voluntary, spontaneous, -feeudxlt, adj. unfeigned,
sincere.
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Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
5. Obstinate; pertinacious (Taylor). 6. Harsh; not written with ease (Gondibert). 7.
Formal; rigorous in certain ceremonies ; starched ; affected (Addison). roSTI'
FFEN. v.a. (rtip'an, Saxon.) 1. To make stiff; to make inflexible ; to make unpliant ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
UNPLIANT. adj. Not easily bent ; not conforming to the will. — The chisel working
upon so unpliant stuff. Wotton. » UNPLOWED. adj. Not plowed.— Good sound
land, that bath lain long unplow'd. Mart. * To UNPLUME. adj. To strip of plumes ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPLIANT»
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'Return of the Prodigals'
“By 'water boarding' — a treatment tried out successfully by humans over unpliant humans who then sing the desired tune”, said the King. “Sing?”, exclaimed the ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jan 15»
Was Moses a Stutterer?
... means “unpliant” or “without control over the faculty denoted.” In this case, the faculty is “lips.” Hirsch, who was a renowned specialist in the Hebrew language, ... «First Things, Sep 13»
Excerpt: 'The Other'
Niles found Holland strange, unpliant, distant. Often secretive, brooding. Of a dark nature. Holland. was his own person, a loner, and who was there could do ... «NPR, May 08»
