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ˈcase-ˈhardened, ppl. a.
Hardened on the surface. a. lit.
1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2624/4 A small screwed Case-hardened Lock. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metals I. 288 The method will succeed well with case-hardened goods.
b. transf. and fig.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) A aa 2, A case-hardened or weather-beaten tar. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy v, Eventually, I cared nothing for a flogging. I had become case-hardened. 1863Mrs C. Clarke Shaks. Char. xiii. 328 The callous and case-hardened of the old world. |