Sow-metal. Cf. pig iron, n.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > cast iron in form of pigs (10) sow-iron1608 Sow-metal. Cf. pig iron, n. pig iron1665 Metallurgy. Cast iron as first obtained from a smelting furnace, in the form of oblong blocks. Cf. pig, n.1 11. sow-metal1674 Cast iron in sows or large ingots as it comes from the blasting- or smelting-furnace. pig1763 Chiefly Metallurgy. An oblong mass of metal as formed by molten metal run from a furnace and allowed… As a mass noun: = pig iron, n. 1. Subcategories:— types of (6) |
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