Case-hardened

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Casehardened \Case"hard`ened\, a.
     1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences;
        rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or


        resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  case-hardened
       adj : used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a
             case-hardened judge" [syn: {hardened}, {hard-boiled}]