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A peculiar combination of carbon with iron. It is chiefly used for edge tools, and other sharp cutting instruments, where great hardness is required; and from the fine polish of which it is susceptible, its applications to ornamental as well as useful purposes are as obvious as they are well known. See Iron.
 
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