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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras