Cement

(115) (Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. cement and ciment, N. Fr. ciment, Pr. cimen, Sp. cimento, cement, and cimiento, the ground-work of a building, It. cimento, trial, experiment, from Lat. cementum, a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contracted from cædimentum, from cædere, to cut.]

1Sense 1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, &c.

2Sense 2. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. “The cement of our love.” Shak.

3Sense 3. (Odontology.) The tissue which forms the outer crust of the tooth. It is less bony than dentine, and commences at the cervix or neck of the tooth where the enamel terminates, increasing in thickness to the lower extremities of the root. R. Owen.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CEMENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CEMENTING.] [Fr. cimenter. See supra.]

1Sense 1. To unite by the application of a substance which causes bodies to adhere together.

And vibrates, to its central stone, Yon time-cemented tower. Wordsworth.

2Sense 2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.

To unite or become solid; to unite and cohere. Sharp.