CASE-HARDEN, verb transitive 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.