rigid
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/ noun C2- An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
Plural rigids
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Certainly a call to the visitors’ room had scarcely astonished Andrea less than themselves, for the wily youth, instead of making use of his privilege of waiting to be claimed on his entry into La Force, had maintained a rigid silence.
“Who enjoyed the reputation of being the most severe, the most upright, the most rigid magistrate on the bench?”
In short, his whole appearance produced on the mind the impression of a corpse with living eyes, and nothing could be more startling than to observe the expression of anger or joy suddenly lighting up these organs, while the rest of the rigid and marble-like features were utterly deprived of the power of participation.
On his rigid face there stood an expression of horror, and as it seemed to me, of hatred, such as I have never seen upon human features.
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