Associations to the word «Tempering»

Wiktionary

TEMPERING, verb. Present participle of temper
TEMPERING, noun. The act by which something is tempered.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERING, noun. Hardening something by heat treatment.
TEMPERING, adjective. Moderating by making more temperate.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke