[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15845 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15845 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15845 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15845) 1841.—“The cakes of steel are called \*Wootz\*; they differ materially in quality, according to the nature of the ore, but are generally very good steel, and are sent into Persia and Turkey. . . . It may be rendered self-evident that the figure or pattern (of Damascus steel) so long sought after exists in the cakes of \*Wootz\*, and only requires to be produced by the action of diluted acids . . . it is therefore highly probable that the ancient blades (of Daascus) were made of this steel."—Wilkinson, Engines of War, pp. 203-206. - [Previous: c10.15844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15844) - [Next: c10.15846](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15846) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15845) · Pramāṇa