In appearance, Sax was of slighter build than his thick-set friend, Boof, but the drover's son had inherited from his father a natural toughness and an ability to endure privation and hardship which Vaughan, although he was quite as plucky, did not possess.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman
Fat of some kind is mixed with the flour to act on the gluten and destroy its toughness.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education
Attention should be called to the real cause of toughness-the thick connective tissue.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education