Wootz

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wootz \Wootz\ (w[=oo]ts), n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]