Definitions
Firmness, severity, or resistance to pressure.
Word origin
From Middle English hardness, hardnesse, from Old English heardnes, from heard + -nes, equivalent to hard + -ness.
Used in a sentence
“Who can number the cloudes in wiſedom? or who can ſtay the bottles of heauen, / When the duſt groweeh^([sic – meaning groweth]) into hardneſſe and the clods cleaue faſt together?”
“The hardness of the material was high.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Firm feel”8 letters
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