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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mild steel from which are made the tires of locomotive and railway-carriage wheels. To resist abrasion it is made rather harder than structural steel, usually containing about.5 or.6 per cent, of carbon. To secure toughness and resistance to shock, it should not contain phosphorus in more than very minute quantity.
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