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quenchingHeat treatment used to harden metals. The metals are heated to a certain temperature and then quickly plunged into cold water or oil. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After two hours the guide stopped the elephant, and gave him an hour for rest, during which Kiouni, after quenching his thirst at a neighbouring spring, set to devouring the branches and shrubs round about him. A herd of a dozen antelopes were quenching their thirst in the bed of a torrent where some pools of water had lodged. Tarzan had always hated water except as a medium for quenching his thirst. |
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