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oil-harden

American  
[oil-hahr-dn] / ˈɔɪlˌhɑr dn /

verb (used with object)

Metallurgy.
  1. to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.


Etymology

Origin of oil-harden

First recorded in 1900–05

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