red-short

[ red-shawrt ]

adjective

, Metallurgy.

1. brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-short¹

1720–30; < Swedish rödskört, neuter of rödskör, equivalent to röd red + skör brittle

Example Sentences

The loss of metal is consequently very large, but oxides of iron being left in the metal the blooms are invariably "red short."

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In practice, blooms made by this process have been so red-short that they could not be hammered at all.

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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.

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Oxygen, probably dissolved in the iron as ferrous oxide FeO, also makes the metal red-short.

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