temper (v.)
soften, moisten, mix [with]
2H6 III.i.311[Cardinal to York] Th'uncivil kerns of Ireland are in arms / And temper clay with blood of Englishmen
KL I.iv.301[Lear as if to his eyes] I'll ... cast you with the waters that you loose / To temper clay
Tit V.ii.198[Titus to Lavinia, of Chiron's and Demetrius' blood] Let me go grind their bones to powder small, / And with this hateful liquor temper it
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