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Punch :: Punch (n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die..

Bluebottle :: Bluebottle (n.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue.

Ignescent :: Ignescent (a.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones..

Gad :: Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc..

Damaskin :: Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.

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

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

Burden :: Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..

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..

Temper :: Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel..

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

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

Bessemer Steel :: Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process..

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Whirtle :: Whirtle (n.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.

Tetradymite :: Tetradymite (n.) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth..

File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..

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..

Lames :: Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.

Cymbal :: Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings..

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