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Extensometer :: Extensometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force..

Jamesonite :: "Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron..

Metallochrome :: Metallochrome (n.) A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity..

Magnet :: Magnet (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet..

Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..

Casehardening :: Casehardening (n.) The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel.

Wootz :: Wootz (n.) 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..

Forging :: Forging (n.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.

Ingot :: Ingot (n.) A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal..

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (n.) An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Pyrolusite :: Pyrolusite (n.) Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark steel-gray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name)..

Siderographical :: Siderographical (a.) Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions..

Pea :: Pea (n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.

Center :: Center (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves..

Spiegel Iron :: Spiegel iron () A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen..

Plate :: Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate..

Berthierite :: Berthierite (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color..

Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

Chalybean :: Chalybean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel..

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