Definition of "casehardening" []

• Present participle of caseharden. (verb)

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• "a steel can be made, even by an ordinary traveller, out of common iron, by means of "casehardening" (which see)."
• "Which steels can be worked by means of casehardening?"
• "Steels of a carbon content below 0.35 per cent can be hardened at their surfaces when carbon is added to the steel from outside by means of a special process (casehardening)."