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cold-short
CIDE DICTIONARY
cold-short, a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallskör; kall cold + skör brittle. Oxf. E. D. ].
Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short iron. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cold-short, adj. (of a metal) brittle in its cold state.
Etymology
Sw. kallsk{ouml}r f. kall cold + sk{ouml}r brittle: assim. to SHORT
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