Madge drew herself up to her straightest and her stiffest.
Mr. Clerk, will you tell us, please, what is the very stiffest penalty we can impose for each of these offences?
He is still in the pike's throat, and cannot get away, for he has his twelve stiffest dorsal spines bored into his enemy's palate; and the more he worries and works with his dangerous opponent, the deeper and more firmly do the spines fix themselves.