hardening : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hardening	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hardening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardening n abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" Synonym(s): hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hardening \Hard"en*ing\, n. 1. Making hard or harder. 2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harden \Hard"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hardened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hardening}.] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.] 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron. 2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. [bd]Harden not your heart.[b8] --Ps. xcv. 8. I would harden myself in sorrow. --Job vi. 10.