Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
stiffen
1. The process of making a glue or paste more dense, or stiff, by increasing the ratio of solids to solvent. 2. To increase the rigidity of a board by gluing paper or another board to it.
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