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Hardening
- verb -
- abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
- become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
- make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
- make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
- the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
Harderian
- - A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
Harkening
- verb - listen; used mostly in the imperative
Harlequin
- noun - 3. A term applied to dogs with (particularly) black and white variegated coats.
- a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
- Rugby Union football club, based in
Twickenham, London.
- variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
Harnessed
- verb - brought under control and put to use; "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River"; "the harnessed power of the atom"
- control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
- exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources"
- keep in check; "rule one's temper"
- put a harness; "harness the horse"
Harnesses
- noun - a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
- exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources"
- keep in check; "rule one's temper"
- put a harness; "harness the horse"
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
Harvested
- verb - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
- remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"
Harvester
- noun - farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
- someone who helps to gather the harvest
Harvestry
- - The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.