shear steels

A form of shear steel — A steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shear steel
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