LekhoriLekhoriHaving a specified disposition or temper.
even-tempered
Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
"Not forged!" and snatching Perth's levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming — "Look ye, Nantucketer; here in this hand I hold his death! Tempered in blood, and tempered by lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life!"
Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
simple past and past participle of temper
From Middle English tempred, itempered, ytempred, ytemprid, from Old English ġetemprod (“tempered, moderate, goverened, cured”), past participle of Old English ġetemprian (“to temper, moderate, govern...
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