Part 5121

<hw>Hard"en</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; <as>as, mortar <ex>hardens</ex> by drying</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has <b>hardened</b> into tradition. <i>The Century.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.</def>

<blockquote>They, <b>hardened</b> more by what might most reclaim. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hardened</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"ened</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See <er>Obdurate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Hardener</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.</def>

<h1>Hardening</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"en*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Making hard or harder.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.</def>

<h1>Harder</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Har"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South African mullet, salted for food.</def>

<h1>Harderian</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Har*de"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>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 <cref>Nictitating membrane</cref>, under <er>Nictitate</er>.</def>

<h1>Hard-favored</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"-fa`vored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hard-featured; ill-looking; <as>as, Vulcan was <ex>hard-favored</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Hardfavoredness</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"fa`vored*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Coarseness of features.</def>

<h1>Hard-featured</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"-fea`tured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <def>Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.</def>

<i>Smollett.</i>

<h1>Hardfern</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"fern`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of fern (<spn>Lomaria borealis</spn>), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.</def>

<h1>Hard-fisted</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"-fist`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having hard or strong hands; <as>as, a <ex>hard-fisted</ex> laborer</as>.</def>