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wootz
noun
\ˈwüts\
variants: or
wootz steel
Definition of wootz
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: a steel made anciently in India by crude methods in small crucibles according to the oldest known process for making fused steel
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Origin and Etymology of wootz
perhaps a mistranscription of wook, borrowed from Kannada urku, ukku “something melted, fused metal, steel”
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