wootz (countable and uncountable, plural wootzes)
A famous type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
In earlier usage it appears as simply wootz (see quotations), later being referred to as wootz steel
Source: Wiktionary
Wootz (woots), n. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of Canarese ukku steel.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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