Cold-short

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Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cold-shorta. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallskör; kall cold + skör brittle. Oxf. E. D.].
     Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short iron.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cold-short, adj. (of a metal) brittle in its cold state.

Etymology
Sw. kallsk{ouml}r f. kall cold + sk{ouml}r brittle: assim. to SHORT

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