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Hardship :: Hardship (n.) That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc..

Gum :: Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins..

Harden :: Harden (v. i.) To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense..

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Lignification :: Lignification (n.) A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin..

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope..

Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.

Poachard :: Poachard (n.) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard..

Emery :: Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum..

Scrub :: Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living..

Cracknel :: Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.

Stone :: Stone (n.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp..

Hollander :: Hollander (n.) A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker..

Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..

Vermicelli :: Vermicelli (n.) The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni..

Iridosmium :: Iridosmium (n.) The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens..

Chancre :: Chancre (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre..

Ironwood :: Ironwood (n.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood..

Impulse :: Impulse (n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body..

Overhardy :: Overhardy (a.) Too hardy; overbold.

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