The Collaborative International Dictionary
German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See German, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany.
German Baptists. See Dunker.
German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point.
German carp (Zo["o]l.), the crucian carp.
German millet (Bot.), a kind of millet ( Setaria Italica, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food.
German paste, a prepared food for caged birds.
German process (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore
in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary.
--Raymond.
German sarsaparilla, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract.
German sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked.
German silver (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys.
German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel.
German text (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words,
Note: This line is German Text.
German tinder. See Amadou.
Usage examples of "german steel".
The key issue at the Supreme German Council was a four-power agreement on German steel production.
They were wearing long winter overcoats and the distinctive German steel helmets.
He was here a year or two back with the East German Steel Mission.
I suck on the strips of filet cut with German steel and let the olive oil, the onions and the hot peppers fondle my aching tongue.
It was made of good German steel, and it had set triggers, or two triggers, one to make the other more delicate.
He fished a wrinkled Yeheyuan from the pack and she lit it for him with a thin slab of German steel that looked as though it belonged on an operating table.
He fished a wrinkled Yeheyuan from the pack and she lit it for him with a thin slab of German steel that looked as though it belonged on an op-erating table.