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Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..

Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..

Subdued :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors..

Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..

Hectograph :: Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin..

Ramollescence :: Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..

Digester :: Digester (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them..

Gluepot :: Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.

Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.

Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften..

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears..

Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency..

Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

Stuffy :: Stuffing (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Sop :: Sop (v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten..

Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice..

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