Definition of Face-harden

1. Verb. Harden steel by adding carbon.

Generic synonyms: Harden, Indurate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Face-harden

fac
fac brat
facade
facade pattern
facade patterns
facadectomies
facadectomy
facades
face
face-ache
face-amount certificate company
face-bow
face-bow fork
face-bow record
face-down
face-harden (current term)
face-lift
face-off
face-offs
face-plant
face-planted
face-planting
face-plants
face-saving
face-to-face
face-up
face-value
face angle
face blindness
face card

Literary usage of Face-harden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1898)
"I saw John's face harden and set at the sound of his brother's voice. He looked at his wife, and, since she now knew the truth, he took the bold course. ..."

2. Annual Report by Boston Female Anti-slavery Society (1836)
"Steel me to shame, reproach, disgrace ; Arm ma with all thine armor now ; Set like a flint my steady face, Harden to adamant my brow. Bold may I wax, ..."

3. The Missouri Dental Journal (1872)
"... and about the shape desired for the face, harden to a full hard and break to a square break—it is often necessary te break two or three times before ..."

4. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"He saw Mrs. Comstock's form straighten, and her face harden, so he continued hastily. "You see Elnora has been helping us at harvest time, butchering, ..."

5. Songs of the Free and Hymns of Christian Freedom by Maria Weston Chapman (1836)
"STEEL me to shame, reproach, disgrace ; Arm me with all thine armor now; Set like a flint my steady face, Harden to adamant my brow. Bold may I wax, ..."

6. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"But he knew how unwelcome this plan would be, and he shrank the more from seeing Undine's face harden since, of late, he had so basked in its brightness. ..."

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