To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
To become firm; stabilise.
To make firm or strong; fix securely.
To improve after decline.
To shorten (of betting odds).
To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
A business enterprise, however organized.
Durable, rigid (material state)
Fixed (in opinion).
Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)