Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hardening"
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.
``Harden not your heart.'' --Ps. xcv. 8.
I would harden myself in sorrow. --Job vi. 10.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hardening
n 1: abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
2: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he
tested the set of the glue" [syn: {solidifying}, {solidification},
{set}]
3: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or
more compact)
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