▪ I. ceˈmenting, vbl. n.
[f. cement v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of uniting with or as with cement.
| 1677 Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 241 The Cementing or joining of Tiles, as well as Bricks together. 1868 E. Edwards Raleigh I. viii. 122 The cementing of an old friendship. |
2. Alchemy. = cementation 2.
| c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 264 Oure cementynge and fermentacioun. 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiv. i, Mysticall termes of art; as (for a tast) their subliming, amalgaming..cementing. 1684 Boyle Porousn. Bod. vii. 108 [Copper] put into a Crucible or Cementing Pot. |
▪ II. ceˈmenting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cements or unites firmly; lit. and fig.
| 1802 Playfair Illustr. Hutton. The. 27 Without the help of any cementing substances. 1858 Robertson Lectures ii. 50 The cementing principle of society. |