Definition of Wotz
Wootz (w&oomac;ts), n. [Perhaps a corruption
of Canarese ukku steel.] 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.
Wootz (w&oomac;ts), n. [Perhaps a corruption
of Canarese ukku steel.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A famous type of steel, much admired for making sword blades.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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