STEEL-PEN
\stˈiːlpˈɛn], \stˈiːlpˈɛn], \s_t_ˈiː_l_p_ˈɛ_n]\
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By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A pen-nib made of metal, now in general use for writing with; Bessemer steel, steel made from cast-iron as it comes in a liquid state from the smelting-furnace; blister-steel, steel made by interlaying wrought-iron with charcoal, and keeping it for some days at a high temperature; cast-steel, steel made by mixing iron or steel with powdered charcoal and then melting it, which, when cast into bars, may be rolled or hammered.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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