n. 1. Act or process of making stiff. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Something used to make anything stiff. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stiffening order (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship. [ 1913 Webster ]
[こりしょう, korishou](adj-na, adj-no, n) (1) fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession; (2) susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders; (P)[Add to Longdo]