| | | נחושה | n’ghōshāh | Steel. | From | | | | ברזל | barzel | Iron. | 1500 | | Hebrew. | | ברזל עשות | barzel yāshūth | Bright Iron. | B.C. | | | | ברזל מוצק | barzel mūtzāq | Cast Iron. | downwards. | +------------+-------------+-------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | | Sporadic | 鏤 | Low, Lowe. | Steel. | | |Chinese. | or | 鐵 |Tie (pronounced | Iron. | | | [426] |llophyllian | | Tit). | | 2000 | | |(_Turanian_).| 金 | Kin. | Metal. | B.C. | | | | 鐵宧 | -- | Iron-masters. | | +------------+-------------+-------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | | | | | | Oldest Sanskrit. | | Sanskrit. | | आर | Ára. | Iron. | Probably | | | | अयस् | Ayas. | Iron. | B.C. 1500. | | | | | | | (_B.C. 400?_) | +------------+ Aryan. +-------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | | | χάλυψ | Khalyps. | Steel. | Homeric | | | | σίδηρος | Sideros. | Iron. | Age. | | Greek. | | | |{Blue Metal, | | | | | κύανος | Cyanos. |{prob. tempered| -- | | | | | |{Steel. | | | | | ἀδάμας | Adamas. | Steel. | Hesiod. | +------------+-------------+-------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ CHAPTER VII. THE SWORD: WHAT IS IT? Having now reached the early Iron Age, which ends prehistoric annals, it is advisable to answer the question—‘What is a Sword?’