| 单词 | pig-breaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig-breaking pig-breaking adj. now historical designating a machine which breaks pigs of metal off from the sow (see sense 11a). ΚΠ 1897 U.S. Patent 594,707 in Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 30 Nov. 1558/1 In a pig-breaking machine, the combination of a support for the pigs, two rollers, one mounted to bear on the sow, and one mounted to bear on the pigs successively [etc.]. 1936 Iron & Steel Industry Oct. 111/1 We soon see that 90 per cent. of the opinion as to the relative merits of different pig irons is based upon the ease of breaking of the raw pig by a pig-breaking hammer. 2015 K. J. Kobus City of Steel vii. 211 Electric overhead cranes of ten-tons capacity were installed in all of the furnace cast-houses, and mechanical pig-breaking machines were used. < as lemmas |
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