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English

Noun

wootz

1. A famous type of steel, much admired for making sword blades.

Usage

In earlier usage it appears as simply wootz (see quotations), later being referred to as wootz steel

Quotations

1. • 1863 : 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. — Industrial Biography , Samuel Smiles, 1963.
   • 1884 : The word first appears in 'Experiments and Observations to investigate the Nature of a Kind of Steel manufactured at Bombay, and there called Wootz,' ... By G. Pearson, M.D. (paper read before the Royal Soc., June 11, 1795). — Robert F. Burton, The Book of the Sword , page 110.

See also

• article on Wootz Steel

Other Translations for "wootz"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		wootz
Hex		77 6f 6f 74 fa
Pig Latin		ootzway

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