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Definition of hardened

Hardened
Hardened Hard"ened, a. Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice. Syn: Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See Obdurate.
Hardened
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.
Harden
Harden Hard"en, v. i. 1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying. The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. --The Century. 2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim. --Milton.
Harden
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.
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Hurden Hur"den, n. [From Hurds.] A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of hardened from wikipedia

- up hardening or harden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hardening is the process by which something becomes harder or is made harder. Hardening may...
- work-hardened. Some materials cannot be work-hardened at low temperatures, such as indium, however others can be strengthened only via work hardening, such...
- susceptible to radiation damage, and radiation-hardened (rad-hard) components are based on their non-hardened equivalents, with some design and manufacturing...
- Hardenability is the depth to which a steel is hardened after putting it through a heat treatment process. It should not be confused with hardness, which...
- harden, Harden, or härden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Harden may refer to: Harden, New South Wales, Australia Harden railway station Harden County...
- be direct hardened by heating to around 600C and then quickly cooling, often by immersing in water, this being known as quenching. Hardening is desirable...
- Case hardened articles starting as low carbon steel (0.5 - 1.5% carbon content) can also be labeled hardened steel. How to identify hardened steel....
- James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball ****ociation...
- In computer security, hardening is usually the process of securing a system by reducing its surface of vulnerability, which is larger when a system performs...
- Harden's is a UK restaurant guide, publishing print, online and mobile reviews and ratings for both London and UK restaurants. Like New York's Zagat Survey...