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- Tempering - n. - The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
- Tempering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Temper
- Contemperation - n. - The act of tempering or moderating.
- Pugging - v. t. - The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
- Temperament - v. t. - The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.