For those of you interested in the craft, here are some terms from blacksmithing practice, lore, and tradition. More will be added as time goes by. A metal which has been combined with another material to give it certain properties. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.
Bronze is copper and tin.
Brass is copper and zinc. To reduce a given piece of steel to its softest state. Popularly known by most folks today as the item frequently dropped on the heads of Warner Brothers cartoon characters. An interesting feature of these Acme brand anvils is that they seem to have very little weight until positioned directly over a coyote's braincase. An early form of steel formed by crude carburization of bar of iron.