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wootz | woot |

As a noun wootz

is a famous type of steel from india, much admired for making sword blades.

As an interjection woot is

expressing happiness or approval.

wootz

English

Noun

(-)
  • A famous type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
  • *1863', The celebrated '''wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass. — ''Industrial Biography , Samuel Smiles, 1963.
  • *1884', The word first appears in 'Experiment]]s and Observations to investigate the [[nature, Nature of a Kind of Steel manufactured at Bombay, and there called '''Wootz ,' ... By G. Pearson, M.D. (paper read before the Royal Soc., June 11, 1795). — Robert F. Burton, ''The Book of the Sword , page 110.

    • Usage notes

    In earlier usage it appears as simply wootz'' (see quotations), later being referred to as ''wootz steel

    See also

    *

    woot

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expressing happiness or approval.
  • An exclamation of joy or excitement.

    • References

    * "Oxford adds woot! to dictionary", August 2011 ----