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wootz|wuːts|
Also wudz.
[app. orig. misprint for wook, repr. Canarese ukku (pronounced with initial w) steel.]
A crucible steel made in southern India by fusing magnetic iron ore with carbonaceous matter. Also attrib. and Comb.
1795Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 322 Doctor Scott..has sent over specimens of a substance known by the name of wootz; which is considered to be a kind of steel. 1824Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 456/2 Wootz, a steel from India, has lately been most successfully employed [for cutlery]. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1176 The wootz ore consists of the magnetic oxide of iron, united with quartz. 1869Baldwin Preh. Nations vi. (1877) 229 The celebrated India steel called wudz. 1881Blackw. Mag. May 569/1 The Indian ‘wootz’ steel,..which possesses remarkable toughness and sharpness. |