Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cold-hammered into shape, and joined without welding: said of the links of a chain so made.
- noun In founding, same as
cold-short .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective metalworking Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; said of a
forging orcasting . - noun metalworking An
imperfection caused byinsufficient welding of this kind.
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Examples
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Thorpe knelt, dropped the cold-shut through on either side of the weakened link, and prepared to close it with his hammer.
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909
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He was thrust back by Thorpe, who seized the chain, cold-shut and hammer which Scotty Parsons brought, and ran lightly out over the booms, shouting,
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909
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Thorpe knelt, dropped the cold-shut through on either side of the weakened link, and prepared to close it with his hammer.
The Blazed Trail 1902
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He was thrust back by Thorpe, who seized the chain, cold-shut and hammer which Scotty Parsons brought, and ran lightly out over the booms, shouting:
The Blazed Trail 1902
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