∙ The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
∙ Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy. obsolete
∙ The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
∙ Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
∙ The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
∙ Middle state or course; mean; medium.
∙ Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar. sugar manufacture, historical
Verb
∙ To moderate or control.
∙ To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
∙ To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
∙ To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
∙ To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use. music
∙ To govern; to manage. obsolete, Latinism
∙ To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose. archaic
∙ To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage. archaic
∙ To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate. obsolete
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