cementingn.
1. The action of uniting with or as with cement.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > uniting with cement
sementation1656
cementing1700
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > cohesion > causing cohesion
limingeOE
glutination1676
cementing1700
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining
spousal1340
weddingc1380
solding1398
marriagec1400
espousal?c1450
soldering?1550
marryinga1566
twist1580
suture1600
welding1603
ferrumination1606
cementation1836
cementing1868
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 The Cementing or joining of Tiles, as well as Bricks together.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. viii. 122 The cementing of an old friendship.
2. Alchemy. = cementation n. 2.
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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > cementation
cementingc1386
cementation1592
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 264 Oure cementynge and fermentacioun.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. i. 354 Mysticall termes of art: as (for a tast) their subliming, amalgaming,..cementing.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vii. 108 [Copper] put into a Crucible or Cementing Pot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
cementingadj.
That cements or unites firmly; literal and figurative.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined > cohesive > causing cohesion
conglutinative?1541
conglutinating1639
agglutinative1790
cementing1802
agglutinant1828
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined > joining closely, intimately, or permanently
soldering1599
coagmentativea1641
tight-knit1832
cementing1858
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 27 Without the help of any cementing substances.
1858 F. W. Robertson Lect. ii. 50 The cementing principle of society.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.c1386adj.1802