Overharden

verb

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Verb
  1. 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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"[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."

Etymology

From over- + harden.

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