Usually means: Harden outer layer, softer core.
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  1. face-harden: Merriam-Webster
  2. face-harden: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. face-harden, face-harden: Collins English Dictionary
  4. face-harden: Vocabulary.com
  5. face-harden: Wordnik
  6. face-harden: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. face-harden: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. face-harden: Dictionary.com
  9. face-harden: Rhymezone
  10. face-harden: FreeDictionary.org
  11. face-harden: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. face-harden: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See face-hardening as well.)

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verb:  harden steel by adding carbon


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