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v. i. & t.
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
n.
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
n.
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
n.
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
superl.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
n.
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
n.
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
a.
Tough in a slight degree.
superl.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
n.
See Tough-pitch (b).
a.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
n.
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
adv.
In a tough manner.
n.
The ruddy duck.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Toughen
imp. & p. p.
of Toughen
n.
The quality or state of being tough.
superl.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
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