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INURING |
Case-hardening |
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SOLIDIFYING |
Hardening |
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SCLEROSIS |
Hardening of blood vessels |
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LAPIDESCENCE |
A hardening into a stone substance. |
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SCLEROTIC |
Affected by hardening of the artery walls |
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OBDURATION |
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. |
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INDURATION |
The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard. |
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COMB |
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for
hardening the soft fiber into a bat. |
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SEASON |
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of
natural juices; as, to season timber. |
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BAKING |
The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and
hardening by heat or cold. |
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CALLOSITY |
A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening
and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of
continued pressure or friction. |
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SETTING |
The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting
of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of
moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current. |
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CANDLEBERRY TREE |
...yrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening
candles;... |
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KILN |
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a
heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying
anything; as, a kiln ... |