[f. CEMENT v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The action of uniting with or as with cement.

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1677.  Moxon, Mech. Exerc. (1703), 241. The Cementing or joining of Tiles, as well as Bricks together.

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1868.  E. Edwards, Ralegh, I. viii. 122. The cementing of an old friendship.

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  2.  Alchemy. = CEMENTATION 2.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Chan. Yem. Prol. & T., 264. Oure cementynge and fermentacioun.

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1584.  R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XIV. i. Mysticall termes of art; as (for a tast) their subliming, amalgaming … cementing.

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1684.  Boyle, Porousn. Bod., vii. 108. [Copper] put into a Crucible or Cementing Pot.

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