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Definition of Redsear
1. v. i. To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.
Definition of Redsear
1. brittle at red-heat [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redsear
Literary usage of Redsear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technologisches Wörterbuch in englischer und deutscher Sprache: Die Wörter by Gustav Eger, Otto Brandes (1882)
"das rothe Sandelholz; — aand- sear, vid. redsear; short, hot-short, (Met. ...
upon, auf). to redsear, vn (Met. ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1834)
"ADRIATIC, bottom contour of, xlv. 34— vol. xlvii. p. clvii.; vol. xlvii. p.
currents of, 35, 38. ADZE (of jade), used by the natives of redsear Bay, xliv. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"(Century) redsear. In Iron-working, to break or crack when red-hot, as Iron under
the hammer. (Standard) Bed schorl. An old synonym for Rutile. ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1884)
"Mr. Goldie found this fish very abundant in the Goldie River, about 100 miles by
its course from its mouth in redsear Bay, and about 30 miles in a straight ..."
5. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"From redsear Bay, according to their accounts, is visible a mountain over 13000
feet in height, presenting a magnificent appearance in the landscape. ..."
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