red-short
[ red-shawrt ]
adjectiveMetallurgy.
brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
Origin of red-short
11720–30; <Swedish rödskört, neuter of rödskör, equivalent to röd red + skör brittle
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How to use red-short in a sentence
The loss of metal is consequently very large, but oxides of iron being left in the metal the blooms are invariably "red short."
In practice, blooms made by this process have been so red-short that they could not be hammered at all.
He was a very stout man, and had a red short cloak over him, and bright yellow hair like silk that fell over his shoulders.
Heimskringla | Snorri SturlasonOxygen, probably dissolved in the iron as ferrous oxide FeO, also makes the metal red-short.
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