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Hardy :: Hardy (a.) Strong; firm; compact.

Disthene :: Disthene (n.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

Labor :: Labor (n.) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Hard-mouthed :: Hard-mouthed (a.) Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse..

Foreby :: Foreby (prep.) Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby.

Overharden :: Overharden (v. t.) To harden too much; to make too hard.

Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices..

Grace :: Grace (n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.

Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Hardy :: Hardy (a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

Ruminated :: Ruminated (a.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw..

Scybala :: Scybala (n. pl.) Hardened masses of feces.

Induration :: Induration (n.) State of being indurated, or of having become hard..

Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass..

Steelbow Goods :: Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel..

Gum :: Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins..

Cannel Coal :: Cannel coal () A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles..

Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..

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