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from The Century Dictionary.
- To harden (as steel) by quenching in oil. The general effect of quenching from any temperature in oil heated to 80° C. is to increase the ultimate stress without reducing the elastic limit. The latter result, however, depends in some cases on the proportion of carbon present in the steel.
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