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▪ I. ceˈmenting, vbl. n.
[f. cement v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of uniting with or as with cement.
1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 241 The Cementing or joining of Tiles, as well as Bricks together. 1868E. Edwards Raleigh I. viii. 122 The cementing of an old friendship.
2. Alchemy. = cementation 2.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 264 Oure cementynge and fermentacioun. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiv. i, Mysticall termes of art; as (for a tast) their subliming, amalgaming..cementing. 1684Boyle Porousn. Bod. vii. 108 [Copper] put into a Crucible or Cementing Pot.
▪ II. ceˈmenting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cements or unites firmly; lit. and fig.
1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. The. 27 Without the help of any cementing substances. 1858Robertson Lectures ii. 50 The cementing principle of society. |