untemperv.
(un- prefix2 1a.)
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > soften [verb (transitive)]
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1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 233 Examples have demonstrated to us that..the study of sciences does more soften and untemper the courages of men than any way fortifie and incite them.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 65 By the same operation Steel may be untempered.
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v.1685- to click on all cylinders
- to click on etc cylinders
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- to click one's fingers
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- to click one's heels together
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- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
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- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb the rigging
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