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Webster 1913 Edition


Hardening

Hard′en-ing

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Noun.
1.
Making hard or harder.
2.
That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hardening

H`ARDENING

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ppr.
Making hard or more compact; making obdurate or unfeeling; confirming; becoming more hard.

H`ARDENING

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Noun.
The giving a greater degree of hardness to bodies than they had before.

Definition 2024


hardening

hardening

English

Verb

hardening

  1. present participle of harden

Noun

hardening (plural hardenings)

  1. The process by which something hardens.
  2. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

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