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/red"shawrt"/, adj. Metall.brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.[1720-30; < Sw rödskört, neut. of rödskör, equiv. to röd red + skör brittle]
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Red-short — ( sh?rt ), a. (Metal.) Hot short; brittle when red hot; said of certain kinds of iron. {Red short ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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