Founding. A frame or box used to hold a portion of the mould for casting.

Each of the two raised ledges forming the sides of the mould upon which sheet-lead is cast. Usually in plural.

Founding. An internal mould filling the space intended to be left hollow in a hollow casting.

A temporary cope, usually made of sand, plaster of Paris, etc., in which part of a pattern is bedded while the final mould is made of the upper…

Founding. A detachable or movable piece or core in a mould. Now rare.

Founding. The outer portion or case of a mould; the outer mould in bell-founding.

Founding. The inner wall of a cylinder mould. Cf. newel, n.1 3.

a metal plate attached to a pattern to prevent damage when the pattern is loosened from the mould.

Founding. Any of a number of pointed projections on the plate of a loam mould, designed to hold the loam in place while the mould is being cast.

Mechanics. A device for ‘knocking out’ or ejecting something, esp. from a mould or die.

A projection on a pattern corresponding to an undercut portion of the mould.

a refractory container for holding a reservoir of molten metal at the top of a mould during the solidification of an ingot, which can supply metal…

A wooden dish or shallow vessel with a tube at the bottom fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask, forming a kind of funnel used in brewing…

a chaplet (chaplet, n. 5) used in the casting of pipes, consisting of a concave semi-cylindrical load-bearing surface supported on a stem.

Ceramics. A projection and corresponding notch by which two complementary sections of a pottery mould are held together. Cf. joggle, n.2

Founding. The surface at which the two parts of a mould meet.