Wootz

Word WOOTZ
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Hyphenation wootz
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A hard, high-carbon steel developed in India around 300 BC, used in the production of Damascus steel. noun

The name given to steel made in India by fusing iron with carbonaceous matter. noun

A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica. noun

A famous type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades. noun

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The word "wootz" in example sentences

And "adamas" is not so far removed, sound-wise, from "damasch" which would mean damascus steel and that material, also called wootz, was a very good steel, and extremely hard. ❋ A Stitch In Time (2009)

On the other hand, I suppose it would be technically possible to forge wootz steel into a helmet. ❋ A Stitch In Time (2009)

I think there are at least some gun barrels made from wootz steel, not only blades, but I can't remember the reference at the moment. ❋ A Stitch In Time (2009)

I'd learned enough about wootz, case-hardening, pattern-welding, tempering, and the rest to understand that this was high craftsmanship and to appreciate how much I didn't know. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1999)

The celebrated wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1863)

-- The manufacture of arms involved the use of steel, the method of tempering which was derived from the Hindus, by whom the _wootz_ was prepared, of which, the genuine blades of Damascus are shown to have been made, the beauty of their figuring being dependent on its peculiar crystallisation. ❋ James Emerson Tennent (1836)

_beating_ cannon-balls into shape proves their incapacity to cast iron, unless it results from a peculiarity of the ore, so frequent in India, which, instead of yielding cast-iron at once when reduced in the usual way, gives wootz -- a condition of iron closely allied to steel, ductile but not fusible. ❋ Laurence Oliphant (1858)

"I've a good revolver and my service sword -- a priceless old wootz steel tulwar. ❋ Richard Savage (1874)

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That [drink] she [made] was [wootz]. ❋ OneWiseMama (2008)

[Dude] [i just] got [fucking] r8ped by wootz n run!!1! ❋ Wil1z (2008)

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