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tempering

Tempering is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter T and ends with the letter G for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper
(n.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance as iron and steel; especially the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes consisting usually in first plunging the article when heated to redness in cold water or other liquid to give an excess of hardness and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion or by the burning of oil.
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