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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.