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soft steel

American  

noun

  1. mild steel.


Etymology

Origin of soft steel

First recorded in 1865–70

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Radus began by building an unusually strong magnet, a slice of ceramic material sandwiched between flat plates of soft steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Next, this hardened transfer roller is impressed upon the printing plate of soft steel as many times as there are copies desired.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

Therefore, when the current is conducted through the copper wire into the soft steel ball, it will immediately rise up the wire, by the repulsion of negative gravity.

From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass

Any number of dies may now be made from this punch by impressing upon it plugs of soft steel.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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