ausform

ausform [aws-fawrm] Word Origin verb (used with object)

1. to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.

Origin of ausform First recorded in 1960–65; aus(tenitic) + (de)form1 Related formsaus·form·ing, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019