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A stiffening; spine, vertebral column, backbone. Butangí sing talimáskog ang balatibát, kay mahúyang. Put some stiffening in the lattice-work, for it is (too) weak. (see báskog, balískog).

(Sp. almidon) Starch; to starch. Ginalmidonán níya ang ákon báyò. sing lakás. She starched my jacket overmuch. Ialmidón akó sang ákon báyò. Please starch my jacket for me. Ipaalmidón ko sa mamumunák ang ákon báyò. I will get the washerwoman to starch my jacket. Ang mga panápton nga inalmidonán mabáskog. Starched clothes are stiff. Panápton nga alalmidonán. Clothes to be starched. (see amidól, armidól).

To droop, bend, hang down, as the branches of a tree, etc. Ang mga sangá siníng káhoy nagagápà. The branches of this tree droop. Nagkatulúg kamí sa hándong sang isá ka madábung nga páhò kag sang paghángin sing mabáskog nagapáan kamí sang íya mga sangá. We were sleeping in the shadow of a dense mango-tree and when the wind blew strongly its branches bent down low over us. (see dábung, gáway, káway).

Weak, feeble; to weaken, fail, be or become weak, particularly said of the voice. Nagpagáw na ang íya tíngug, kay mabáskog ang íya diskúrso. His voice weakened or failed (has become weak), for he delivered his discourse with great exertion. (see harawaháw, paragáw).