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Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities..

Tilting :: Tilting (n.) The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Poking-stick :: Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs..

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works..

Racer :: Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

Flintlock :: Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming..

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

Armor-plated :: Armor-plated (a.) Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad..

Teem :: Teem (v. t.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal..

Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..

Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..

Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies..

Cast Steel :: Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel..

Schreibersite :: Schreibersite (n.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron..

Psilomelane :: Psilomelane (n.) A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force..

Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..

Steelyard :: Steely (a.) Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.

Pen :: Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving..

Springy :: Springy (superl.) Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step..

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