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overharden

verb

Etymology

From over- + harden.

  1. inherited from hardenen
  2. prefixed as overharden — “over + harden”

Definitions

  1. To harden too much.

    • [I]t has acquir'd ſuch a hardneſs, that being throvvn againſt the floor it vvould rebound, and vvas brittle like over-harden'd Steel.

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