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Webster 1913 Edition

Cement

Ce-ment′

(sĕ-mĕnt′ or sĕm′ĕnt)
,
Noun.
[OF.
cement
,
ciment
, F.
ciment
, fr. L.
caementum
a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr.
caedimentum
, fr.
caedere
to cut, prob. akin to
scindere
to cleave, and to E.
shed
, v. t.]
1.
Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
2.
A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
3.
The powder used in cementation. See
Cementation
,
Noun.
, 2.
4.
Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
“The cement of our love.”
5.
(Anat.)
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; – called also
cementum
.
Hydraulic cement
.
See under
Hydraulic
.

Ce-ment′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cemented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cementing
.]
[Cf. F.
cimenter
. See
Cement
,
Noun.
]
1.
To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
To unite firmly or closely.
Shak.
3.
To overlay or coat with cement;
as, to
cement
a cellar bottom
.

Ce-ment′

,
Verb.
I.
To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.
S. Sharp.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cement

CEMENT

,
Noun.
1.
Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as mortar, glue, soder, &c. In building, cement denotes a stronger kind of mortar than that which is ordinarily used.
2.
Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
3.
Powders or pastes, surrounding bodies in pots and crucibles, for chimical purposes.

CEMENT

,
Verb.
T.
To unite by the application of glutinous substances, by mortar which hardens, or other matter that produces cohesion of bodies.
2.
To unite firmly or closely; as, to cement all parts of the community; to cement friendship.

CEMENT

,
Verb.
T.
To unite or become solid; to unite and cohere.

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