nitriding steel

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noun

any steel suitable for casehardening by nitriding.

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Origin of nitriding steel

First recorded in 1930–35

As a major source for steel during World War II, Sheffield was a frequent target of bombing raids.
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We made big things like steel for ships and tractors and turbines for hydroelectric plants.
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Then, from a pocket inside his camouflage top, he pulled a hidden stainless steel flask.
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Now the lead breacher explained how he cut through the steel doors bin Laden used to seal himself into the compound at night.
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We sat in rows of grey steel fold out chairs that faced a model of the compound in Abbottabad.
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A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
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His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
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A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
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He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
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Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.
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