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Show SITY When he fees half of the Chriftians killed, an the reft in a fair way of bein routed he fickle betwixt the yemainder of God's hoft and the race o fiends Dryden St1'ckLEBAG. n. /. [properly fickleback from ftick, to prick; pungitins, Latin. Th duellift ; on [from fickle. to fencers wh ftand combat a fecond to to judg Bafilius came to part them, the ficklers authority being unable to perfuade cholerick hearers and part them he did Sidney Bafilius, the judge, appointed ficklers and trumpets, whom the others fhould obey Sidncy Qur former chiefs, like ficklers of the war Firtt fought € inflame the parties, then to poife The quarrel lov'd, but did the caufe abho And did not firike to hurt, but make a noife Dryden 2. An obftinate contender about any thing Quercetanus thoug the grand fHckler for th tria prima, has this conceflion of the irrefolublenef of diamonds Boyle The inferior tribe of common women have, i moft reigns, been the profefled fficklers for fuch a have acted againft the true intereft of the nation « Addifon's Freelolder The tory or high church clergy were the greatef Sricklers againft the exorbitant proceedings of kin James II Savift All place themfelves in the lift of the nationa church, though they are great fficklers for libert of confcience Swift Sti'cky. adj. [from fick. hefive; glutinous Vifcous; ad Herbs which laft longeft are thofe of ftrong fmell and with a ficky ftalk Bacon's Natural Hiftory STIFF. adj. [y Sf Saxon; fif;, Danifh Swedith 5 fEifur, Hlandick 7 Dutch. 1. Rigid inflexible refiftin flexure not flaccid; not limber ; not eafily flexi ble not pliant They rifing o f} The mid sérial iy, pinions towe The glittering rob Hung floating loofe, or fiff with mazy gold Milton z. Not foft; not giving way; not fluid not eafily yielding to the touch Still lefs and lefs my boiling fpirits flow And I grow fiff as cooling metals do Dryden's Indian Emperor : Mingling with that oily liquor, they were wholl Incorporate, and fo grew more f#iff and firm, making but one fubftance Burnet's Theory 3. Strong ; not eafily refifted Denbam 4. Hardy; ftubborn ; not eafily fubdued How fliffis my vile fepfe That I ftand up, and have ingenjous feelin Of my huge forrows ! Better I were diftrat Shakefpeare We neither allow unmeet nor purpofe the fiff de fence of any unneceflary cuftom heretofore received Hooker Yield to others when there is caufe; but it is fhame to ftand fiff in a foolith argument. Taylor ‘A war enfues, the Cretans own their caufe Stiff to defend their hofpitable laws no writte Stiffy formal ftyle wit behaviour i ftarched ; affected Benumbs my blooéf The French are open, familiar, and talkative 3. Tenfion ; not laxity t herence to truth, but fubmiffion to prejudice Thefe hold their opinions with the greateflL ;f nefs5 being generally the moft fieree and firm i their tenets ding appearances, which difparage the ations ofth fincerely pious 6. Rigoroufnefs Dryden. eafe con Gondibert Rules and critical obfervations improvea goo genius, where nature leadeth the way, providedh is not too fcrupulous ; for that will introduce afi ( nefs and affectation, which are utterly abhorren Feltons from all good writing b 7o STIFLE. @. a. [effoufer, French 1. To opprefs or kill by clofenefs of airj s to fuffocate Where have you been broiling -Among the crowd i' th' abbey, where 2 finges Could not be wedg'd in more; Iam fife With the mere ranknefs of their joy. Sbakdpur Pray'r againit his abfolute decre In dreadful looks, a monument of wrath Addifon's Cato 2. To grow hard; to be hardened The tender foil then, fiffening by degrees Shut from the bounded earth the bounding feas Dryden No more avails than breath againft the w!nd Blown flifling back on him that breathes it }f;} l; t- le t o e d w a t a t That part o cogls t 3. To grow lefs fufceptive of impreflion to grow obftinate t o m e f i f f t f m received into it Dryden & D e d h l a d e f e f k Stifled wit adj. [ fif and heart. ; , d f t e t p e t e k e t m At one t warm & d a r c } . e t l i f t f m as a ‘l'o fe:W" e g v i i m g r l c t e d f on They are impudent children, and fiff-bearted c h t t w l i f l h i b e a I took my l o r efs of t Ezek, ii ST1'FFLY. adv. [from #if.] Rigidly; inflexibly; ftubbornly L h a D e d r r P o Sawift's Acc o o l e o f e n h t i 2. To kee i l re b e u l c Whilft bodics becom In matters divine, it is ftill maintained fifly Hooker that they have no ftiffnecked force I commended them that ftood fo fiffly for th e ? f r m y r o r f a t o i t tranfmittin \ B e 1 t n 1 x é a than the reft, they fto le r re n d rays whici h the 2 E/dras Lord The Indian fig of itfelf multiplieth from root t root; the plenty of the fap, and the foftnefs of th u m c i e n h b 3. To extinguif cation :f ]‘ :' l n g o u t a b f u n t e 4 Pny.ta ;:::t;p Bacon [fif and neck. Stubborn ; obftinate ; contumacious Every reafonable man wil ' fl[ i d f u w v c i f f fulnefs f An infinite charge to her majefty, to fend ove fuch an army as thould tread down all that ftandeth before them on foot, and lay on the ground al the fiffnecked Spenfer This fiffneck'd pride nor art nor force can bend Nor high-flown hopes to reafon's lure defcend Denbam l e n c t f r p f . TIf't pxfige thy ,fortune, Polydore i 'to[":;l:;?‘: u s v l t o k m l a m Truf } n { O n m fl ft t a That I may eve d a flo l u t a f r p f 6 u ; n l a e b hav STI'FFNESS. z. /. [from fiff. 1. Rigidity ; inflexibility ; hardnefs ; ineptitude to bend Thef The fiffnefs and drynefs of iron, to melt, muf L'Efrange ~ 7. Manner of writing not eafy, but harfh i and conftrained 1 ftood ; like briftles rofe my fiff "ning hair. Dryd Fix'd in aftonithment I gaze upon thee Like one juft blafted by a ftroke from heaven Who pants for breath, and fHiffens yet alive Jiffnefs is one branch of the allegory Speafe 0. Aghaft, aftonifh'd, and ftruck dumb with fear The willow bows and recovers, the oak. is ftubborn and inflexible; and the punifhment of tha Which her too conftant ffiffnefs doth confimin;b Bacaon harfhnefs But fpeak no word to her of thefe fad plights 1. To grow fiff; to grow rigid; to be be holpen by moiftening or opening it Aierburg, There fill yourfelf with thofe moft joyous fights @, 7 adj of that fiffzefs and conftraint, any of thofe forbid Her fiff "ning grief Who faw her children flaughter'd all at once Drydeén and Lee Was dull to mine STUFFNECKED Locke All this religion fat eafily upon him, without an JSiffly upheld, to weigh down 5. Unpleafing formality ; conftraint Veil'd with no other covering but the fky - Expos'd to fiff ning frofts, and drenching thowers Which thicken'd air from her black bofom pours Sandys Her eyes grow fiffzn'd, and with fulphur burn Dryden STIFFHEA'RTED Firmnefs or ffiffnefs of the mind is not from a The poor, by them difrobed, naked lie Some fouls we fe Grow hard and fiffen with adverfity ind unfitnefs of it to unlearn will be found much gr ater Sout When the blaft of war blows in our ears Stiffen the finews, fummon up the blood Diiguife fair nature with hard-favour'd rage Shakefpeare's Henry V He piffened his neck, and hardened his hear 2 Chron. xxxvi.13 from turning unto the Lord unpliant The vices of old age have the fiffuefs ofit to and, as it is the unfitteft time tfiérfin !;ot make unpliant com R nefs 7o STI'FFEN, . a. [yriman, Saxon. 70 STI'PFEN 4. Obftinacy; ftubboranefs; contumacioyf Shakefpeare 2. To make torpid i And one below their e;fc or fliffnefs ;%tzs hfb;';;g 8. In Shake/peare it fecns to mean, ftrongly maintained, or afferted with goo evidence 1. To make ftiff; to make inflexible To try new fhrouds, one mount jn Stiff forms are bad, but {et not worfe intrude Young Nor conquer art and natuie to be rude This is fFiff news ?e pillafis okf this frame ;rom:‘fi A y finews flacken, and an jc ftalk, making the bough, being overloaden and no On a #iff gal The Theban fwan extends his wings 6. Harth ftrained difengage Obftinate ; ftubborn ; contumacious Thomfon 5. Obftinate ; pertinacious no 2, Ineptitude to motion 5 M'I Addifon on Ital A little fith called a ficklcbag, without fcales hath his body fenced with feveral prickles Walton's Angler 1. A fidefma nies rigorous in certain eeremo the Italians f#iff, ceremonious, and referved fmalleft of frethwater fith ST1'CRLER. #. 7. Formal STTV conclufion ; t_ vy l t e l f e t e u f d th l l l x n g r f e t e f f h the w fa o l w On. thefe two pillar P de at a n a a firm and unmoveabl S th e t b t h o o i p of vai u n c t i i i i c vaine |