Bible Dictionaries
Hardening

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harden

(2):

(n.) Making hard or harder.

(3):

(n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hardening'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hardening.html. 1828.