† white-loosen.Obsoleterare an unsound condition of metal characterized by the presence of a white powder.
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white-loose1857
1857 J. Scoffern et al. Useful Metals & their Alloys 344 Parts which were unsound, occasioned, apparently, by a white powder embedded in the steel: to distinguish this from the effects of imperfect welding, it was called white-loose.