† red-sear, v. Obs.
Also 8 -seer.
[app. f. red-share red-shire a., with assimilation of the second element to sear v.]
(See quots.)
| 1677 Moxon Mech. Exerc. i. 8 If it be too hot it will Red-sear, that is break or crack under the Hammer while it is working between Hot and Cold. Ibid. 13 Spanish Iron would be as good as Swedish Iron were it not subject to Red-sear (as Work-men phrase it) that is to crack betwixt hot and cold. [Hence in Holme Armoury (1688), Harris Lex. Techn. II. (1710), Chambers Cycl. (1727–41), etc.] |
So red-sear a. rare, = red-short a.
| 1798 Nemnich Polygl. Lex. v. 867 Red-short or Red⁓sear iron. Malleable when cold, but brittle when red-hot. 1876 Voyle Milit. Dict. 334/2 Red-sear Iron, a defect in iron which causes it to become brittle when heated, and to break when forged. |