wootzn.
/wuːts/ A crucible steel made in southern India by fusing magnetic iron ore with carbonaceous matter. Also attributive and in other combinations.
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Whitworth metal1858
Whitworth steel1858
1795 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 322 Doctor Scott..has sent over specimens of a substance known by the name of wootz; which is considered to be a kind of steel.
1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 456/2 Wootz, a steel from India, has lately been most successfully employed [for cutlery].
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1176 The wootz ore consists of the magnetic oxide of iron, united with quartz.
1869 J. D. Baldwin Pre-hist. Nations (1877) vi. 229 The celebrated India steel called wudz.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 569/1 The Indian ‘wootz’ steel,..which possesses remarkable toughness and sharpness.
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