cold-shortadj.

Forms: 1600s colsar, col-, cole-shire, coleshore, coldshare, coldshore, 1600s–1700s coldshire, (1700s coal short, 1800s cold-shear), 1700s– cold-short.

Etymology: This, and the parallel red-short n. and adj. (also, in later use, hot-short ), point by their early forms to adoption c1600 from Scandinavian, and probably < Swedish, metallurgical terminology. Compare Swedish kallskör , Norwegian, Danish koldskjör (with the parallel Swedish rödskör , Norwegian, Danish rödskjör , ‘red-short’); the second element is skör , skjör , ‘brittle, friable’, pronounced /ʃœr/; thence the English -sar , -share , -shore , -shear , -shire , afterwards altered to -short , which has also the sense ‘brittle, friable’, in dialect and later general use, especially in reference to pastry, as in shortbread . Compare hot short adj., red-short n. and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcold-short.

Said of iron: Brittle in its cold state.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > brittle

redshire1590

cold-short1601

red-short1773

hot short1788

red-sear1798

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 514 In another [place] the mettall is brittle and short [margin Which our smiths cal Colsar yron].

1637 Vernatt & Whitmore Specif. Patent 113 Good and merchantable tough iron and colshire iron [elsewhere coleshire, bis].

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D6 Nay the Plough-man often breaks his Share point off if it be made of coldshare Iron.

1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 696 Some makes Coldshire-Iron, that is, such as is brittle when it is cold; another sort makes Redshire.

1681 A. Yarranton England's Improvem.: Pt. II 155 The Colshore-Iron which is made in Staffordshire.

1730 Beware of Bubbles 2 Mr. Wood in his paper says there are four sorts of Iron viz. Redshort, Coldshort, Best-tough, and Ordinary tough.

1773 R. Jesson & J. Wright Specif. of Patent 1054 2 When the metal appears to be red short or coal short.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 316 The iron is mostly of the coldshire kind.

1795 R. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 342 The presence of phosphoric acid has been shown to be the occasion of the variety of iron, named cold short; which is brittle when cold, but not when ignited.

1864 J. Percy Metall.: Iron & Steel 64 Phosphorus even in small quantity has a decided effect upon..iron at ordinary temperatures, rendering it cold-short, i.e. brittle while cold.

figurative.1832 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. July 347 His feelings have been hammered till they are cold-short.

Derivatives

cold-shortness n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > brittleness of

red-sear1688

hot-shortness1840

red-shortness1848

cold-shortness1887

1887 J. A. Phillips Elem. Metall. 323 The characteristic of Cleveland iron is cold-shortness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cold-short
释义	cold-shortadj. Forms: 1600s colsar, col-, cole-shire, coleshore, coldshare, coldshore, 1600s–1700s coldshire, (1700s coal short, 1800s cold-shear), 1700s– cold-short. Etymology: This, and the parallel red-short n. and adj. (also, in later use, hot-short ), point by their early forms to adoption c1600 from Scandinavian, and probably < Swedish, metallurgical terminology. Compare Swedish kallskör , Norwegian, Danish koldskjör (with the parallel Swedish rödskör , Norwegian, Danish rödskjör , ‘red-short’); the second element is skör , skjör , ‘brittle, friable’, pronounced /ʃœr/; thence the English -sar , -share , -shore , -shear , -shire , afterwards altered to -short , which has also the sense ‘brittle, friable’, in dialect and later general use, especially in reference to pastry, as in shortbread . Compare hot short adj., red-short n. and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcold-short. Said of iron: Brittle in its cold state. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > brittle redshire1590 cold-short1601 red-short1773 hot short1788 red-sear1798 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 514 In another [place] the mettall is brittle and short [margin Which our smiths cal Colsar yron]. 1637 Vernatt & Whitmore Specif. Patent 113 Good and merchantable tough iron and colshire iron [elsewhere coleshire, bis]. 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D6 Nay the Plough-man often breaks his Share point off if it be made of coldshare Iron. 1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 696 Some makes Coldshire-Iron, that is, such as is brittle when it is cold; another sort makes Redshire. 1681 A. Yarranton England's Improvem.: Pt. II 155 The Colshore-Iron which is made in Staffordshire. 1730 Beware of Bubbles 2 Mr. Wood in his paper says there are four sorts of Iron viz. Redshort, Coldshort, Best-tough, and Ordinary tough. 1773 R. Jesson & J. Wright Specif. of Patent 1054 2 When the metal appears to be red short or coal short. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 316 The iron is mostly of the coldshire kind. 1795 R. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 342 The presence of phosphoric acid has been shown to be the occasion of the variety of iron, named cold short; which is brittle when cold, but not when ignited. 1864 J. Percy Metall.: Iron & Steel 64 Phosphorus even in small quantity has a decided effect upon..iron at ordinary temperatures, rendering it cold-short, i.e. brittle while cold. figurative.1832 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. July 347 His feelings have been hammered till they are cold-short. Derivatives cold-shortness n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > brittleness of red-sear1688 hot-shortness1840 red-shortness1848 cold-shortness1887 1887 J. A. Phillips Elem. Metall. 323 The characteristic of Cleveland iron is cold-shortness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1601
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