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BroadeningBroaden Broad"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broadened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Broadening.] [From Broad, a.]
To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
The broadening sun appears. --Wordsworth. BurdeningBurden Bur"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burdening.]
1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a
heavy load upon; to load.
I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
--2 Cor. viii.
13.
2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload;
as, to burden a nation with taxes.
My burdened heart would break. --Shak.
3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a
burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
--Coleridge.
Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress. CasehardeningCasehardening Case"hard`en*ing, n.
The act or process of converting the surface of iron into
steel. --Ure.
Note: Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation
with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth
and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on
the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat.
See Cementation. DeadeningDeaden Dead"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to
death. See Dead, a.]
1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or
sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt;
as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a
sound. EmboldeningEmbolden Em*bold"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Emboldening.]
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. --Shak.
The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this
dangerous office. --Sir W.
Scott. GardeningGarden Gar"den, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gardening.]
To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to
practice horticulture. Gardening
Gardening Gar"den*ing, n.
The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens;
horticulture.
GladdeningGladden Glad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Gladdening.] [See Glad, v. t.]
To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to
exhilarate.
A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him.
--Addison. Hammer hardeningHammer Ham"mer, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D.
hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer,
crag, and perh. to Gr. ? anvil, Skr. a?man stone.]
1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the
like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron,
fixed crosswise to a handle.
With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.
2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common
hammer; as:
(a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to
indicate the hour.
(b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires,
to produce the tones.
(c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under Ear. (Gun.) That part
of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or
firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of
steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and
struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
(e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as,
St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had
been the ``massive iron hammers' of the whole
earth. --J. H.
Newman.
Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the
spring is formed by confined air.
Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face,
etc.
Hammer fish. See Hammerhead.
Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by
hammering it when cold.
Hammer shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Malleus, a genus
of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters,
having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them
a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster.
To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction. Hardening
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.
HardeningHarden 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. Landscape gardeningLandscape Land"scape, n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
[D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin
to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land,
and -schip.]
1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can
comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it
contains.
2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or
fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
The landscape of his native country had taken hold
on his heart. --Macaulay.
Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and
arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
produce a picturesque effect. MaddeningMadden Mad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Maddening.]
To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite
violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage. Puddening
Puddening Pud"den*ing, n. [Probably fr. pudden, for pudding,
in allusion to its softness.] (Naut.)
(a) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a
fender, on the bow of a boat.
(b) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between
spars, or the like.
SaddeningSadden Sad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saddened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Saddening.]
To make sad. Specifically:
(a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]
Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great
prejudice it doth to clay lands. --Mortimer.
(b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
(c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or
sorrowful.
Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope. Self-hardeningSelf-hardening Self`-hard"en*ing, a. (Metal.)
Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden
when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in
a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without
quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with
manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and
manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels.
-- Self`-hard"en*ed, a. WideningWiden Wid"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Widening.]
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the
width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
stocking.
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