Face Harden - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: face hardenface harden
to harden steel by adding carbon...
face
face 1 a : outward appearance b : the surface or superficial reading or meaning of something (as a document or statute) that does not take into account outside information [the of [the] deed reveals that she had two purposes in mind "State v. Rand, 366 A.2d 183 (1976)"] often used in the phrases on its face and on the face of [is…neutral on its face but has a discriminatory effect on women "Marcia Coyle"] [did not see on the face of the amendment that it was precisely directed at public as distinguished from private destruction "O'Brien v. United States, 376 F.2d 538 (1967)"] 2 : the inscribed or printed side of something (as a document) ;broadly : the front side of something inscribed or printed on both sides [the of a stock certificate] 3 : face value ...
battle hardened
Experienced in combat and therefore more effective at fighting used mostly of infantry troops as battle hardened veterans...
Hammer harden
To harden as a metal by hammering it in the cold state...
Harden
To make hard or harder to make firm or compact to indurate as to harden clay or iron...
Hardener
One who or that which hardens specif one who tempers tools...
Self hardening
Designating or pert to any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity without quenching Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese tungsten and manganese chromium molybdenum and manganese etc They are chiefly used as high speed steels...
Faced
Having such a face or so many faces as smooth faced two faced...
face time
Time spent speaking with a person face to face contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media such as telephone or e mail or via written communications as the chief of staff has the most face time with the president...
face to face
without intervening persons involving direct communication between persons in each others presence of conversation or confrontation as face to face negotiations...
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