Stiff-backed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stiff-backed \Stiff"-backed`\, a.
     Obstinate. --J. H. Newman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  stiff-backed
       adj : having a stiff back; "the guards stood stiff-backed and
             unsmiling"