harden : Idioms & Phrases
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case-hardened
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adjective satellite used of persons; emotionally hardened
hard-boiled; hardened.
- faced a case-hardened judge
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case-hardened steel
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noun steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal
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face-harden
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verb harden steel by adding carbon
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Hammer hardening
- the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold.
Webster 1913
hammer-harden
Ham"mer-hard`en transitive verb
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To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
Webster 1913
hardening of the arteries
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noun sclerosis of the arterial walls
arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; induration of the arteries; coronary-artery disease.
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oil-hardened steel
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noun steel that is quenched in oil
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To harden the neck
- to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. Neh. ix. 17.
