rigor mortising

Verb

rigor mortis (third-person singular simple present rigor mortises, present participle rigor mortising, simple past and past participle rigor mortised)

1. To stiffen the muscles and joints with, or as if with, rigor mortis.
   • As Olive was in the kitchen making some tea I asked what kind of louse the host was. “The kind you like to see laying out on a mortuary slab rigor mortising before the introduction.”1964, Israel Segal, Out of the Womb, Times Press, page 177

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