• (n.) A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/wootz/
Wootz (wōts) noun [ Perhaps a corruption of Canarese ukku steel.] A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/50
A carbon steel containing 1 to 1.6% C produced by melting a bloomery iron or an inhomogeneous steel with charcoal in a crucible. The process originated in India as early as the 3rd century A.D. Found on https://www.unifiedalloys.com/resources/glossary/