short-red brittle

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• Red-short — ( sh?rt ), a. (Metal.) Hot short; brittle when red hot; said of certain kinds of iron. {Red short ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Red-shortness — Red short Red short ( sh?rt ), a. (Metal.) Hot short; brittle when red hot; said of certain kinds of iron. {Red short ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• red´-short´ness — red short «REHD SHRT», adjective. brittle when at a red heat: »Iron and steel with too much sulfur are red short. –red´ short´ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• Red-figure pottery — Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 530 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC. It replaced the previously dominant style of Black figure vase… …   Wikipedia

• red-short — /red shawrt /, adj. Metall. brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur. [1720 30; < Sw rödskört, neut. of rödskör, equiv. to röd red + skör brittle] * * * …   Universalium

• Red-short — is the quality possessed by carbon steel that suffers from having too much sulfur as an impurity.Iron or steel, when heated to above 900 °F (480 °C), glows with a red color, the color being indicative of the temperature in circumstances of low… …   Wikipedia

• red-short — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: by folk etymology from Swedish rödskört, neuter of rödskör, from röd red (from Old Swedish röther) + skör brittle, from Old Swedish skör, skyr; akin to Old Norse rauthr red and Old Norse skera to cut more at red,… …   Useful english dictionary

• red-short — /ˈrɛd ʃɔt/ (say red shawt) adjective brittle when at a red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulphur. {Swedish rödskört neuter of rödskör, from röd red + skör brittle} …  

• Hot-short — a. [Cf. {Cold short}.] (Metal.) Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot short iron. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hot-short — adjective (of a metal) brittle when hot. Origin C18: from hot + short suggested by the earlier red short, from Swed. rōdskōr (from rōd red + skōr brittle ) …   English new terms dictionary

• Cold-short — a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallsk[ o]r; kall cold + sk[ o]r brittle. Oxf. E. D.] (Metal.) Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold short iron. {Cold short ness}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English