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The phrase "a layer of stiff" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a layer of a stiff material or substance, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The cake had a layer of stiff frosting that held its shape beautifully."
Alternatives: "a layer of rigidity" or "a layer of firmness".
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Each amoeba contains a small mass of jellylike cytoplasm, which is differentiated into a thin outer plasma membrane, a layer of stiff, clear ectoplasm just within the plasma membrane, and a central granular endoplasm.
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If it's oily, it's going to have a layer of whitish, stiff oil on the jelly and isn't going to taste so good.
However, an assumption of a single layer of stiff clay without water with a unit weight of 2001.2 kg/m3, cohesion of 47.85 kPa, and a strain factor ε50 = 0.009 is considered as a realistic representation of the soil.
Such differences are related to the possibility of high amplitude resonance when a thin layer of stiff soil is underlain by very hard rock, a situation that is quite frequent in real profiles.
A single layer of stiff clay without free water was assumed.
The picture I sent in was of a clown, made out of abstract patterns etched on to a Scraperboard - a pre-made piece of stiff backboard with a layer of silver under a layer of black.
Below this layer is a 10 m of soft silty clay followed by a layer of medium dense to dense silty sand and medium stiff silty clay of about 20 and 7 m depth, respectively.
They were on the hunt for the fur seal, which wears a layer of velvety down like an undergarment just below an outer coat of stiff gray-black hair.
Add a layer of lasagna.
Add a layer of gravel.
Apply a layer of Vaseline.
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