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Firmly twisted in spinning.

See Jurel.

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolue; intrepid. Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer.

One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in

A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pat…

To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.

Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.

The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.

The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell.

The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.

In a foolhardy manner.

Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.

Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.

ies, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees. Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. -- Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in whi…

The cultivation of orchards.