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Steel

A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.

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Alloy 76% connected

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury…

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Arm 76% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Brace 76% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Poise 76% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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Weapon 76% connected

An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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Backsword 76% connected

A sword with one sharp edge.

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Broadsword 76% connected

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

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Cutlass 76% connected

A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.

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Falchion 76% connected

A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

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Rapier 76% connected

A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.

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Saber 76% connected

Alt. of Sabre

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Sabre 76% connected

A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

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Tuck 76% connected

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Nerve 74% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Nerve 74% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Steely 74% connected

Made of steel; consisting of steel.

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Steely 74% connected

Made of steel; consisting of steel.

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Blade 70% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Foible 70% connected

Weak; feeble.

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Forte 70% connected

The strong point; that in which one excels.

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Haft 70% connected

A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…

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Helve 70% connected

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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Hilt 70% connected

A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

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Peak 70% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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Point 70% connected

To appoint.

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Tip 70% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Iron 70% connected

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.…

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Pearlite 70% connected

Alt. of Pearlstone

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Blade 92% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Brand 92% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Nerve 92% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Sword 92% connected

An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, r…

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