stubborn (1 now felt rather as a transf. use of the sense ‘obstinate’）
1.
(of physical
things) stiff, inflexible John IV. i.
67,
H8 V. iii. 23
“stop their mouths with
bits,”
Troil. III. i. 165,
Ham. III. iii. 70
“stubborn knees.”
2.
harsh, rude, rough
Tw.N. III. iv. 75,
V. i. 373
“some and uncourteous
parts,”
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 836
“a bear,”
2H6 III. i. 360
“this Cade,”
Lr. II. ii. 133; (of
verse) rugged
LLL. IV. iii. 55
“these lines.”
