soft steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft steel
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
The lengths of chain thus made are joined by spiral rings made of soft steel, the convolutions being afterward hammered together till they become solid.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
When the letters are to be engraved in steel, blocks or "blanks" are cut from soft steel and finished to the proper size.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.
The front of the knife should contain a long, narrow pen-blade of soft steel; a cobbler's awl, slightly bent; and a packing-needle with a large eye, to push thongs and twine through holes in leather.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
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