In leather-manufacturing, to apply to (hides) a process in which the hides, after they are practically finished, are dampened, covered in piles, and allowed to stand and season, the drier hides absorbing moisture from the damper ones, and vice versa.n. A metal or alloy added to another to produce certain physical properties; specifically, an alloy of one part of copper and two of tin to be added to pure tin to produce a fine grade of pewter; an alloy containing arsenic with lead sometimes added to the molten metal to give hardness to shot.To modify by mixing; mix; blend; combine; compound.To combine in due proportions; constitute; adjust; fit.To moisten, mix, and work up into proper consistency; prepare by moistening, mixing, or kneading.To modify or qualify by blending: as, to temper indignation with pity.Hence To restrain; moderate; mitigate; soften; tone down the violence, severity, or harshness of; mollify; soothe; calm.In music, to tune or adjust the pitch of (the tones of an instrument of fixed intonation, like an organ or pianoforte), with reference to a selected principle of tuning.To attune.To govern; control; regulate; train.To bring to a proper degree of hardness and elasticity for use, as steel or other metal.To dispose.To accord; keep agreement.To become soft and plastic; be molded; acquire a desired quality or state.n. Mixture or combination of different ingredients or qualities, especially in the way and the proportions best suited for some specific purpose: as, the temper of mortar.n. Constitution; consistency; form; definite state or condition.n. Temperament.n. Disposition of mind; frame of mind; inclination; humor; mood: as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a sullen or a fretful temper.n. Calmness of mind; temperateness; moderation; self-restraint; tranquillity; good temper.n. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; disposition to give way to anger, resentment, or the like: as, he showed a great deal of temper.n. Middle character or course; mean or medium; compromise.n. The state of a metal, particularly as to its hardness and elasticity: as, the temper of iron or steel.n. In sugar-works, white lime or other alkaline substance stirred into a clarifier filled with cane-juice, to neutralize the excess of acid.