Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
harden steel by adding carbon;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
face-harden \face-harden\ v. t.
to harden (steel) by adding carbon.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
face-harden
v 1: harden steel by adding carbon