Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CASE'-HARD-EN
CASE'-HARD-EN, v.t.
To harden the outer part or superficies, as of iron, by converting it into steel. This may be done by putting the iron into an iron box, with a cement, and exposing it, for some hours, to a red heat. – Encyc.
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