| 单词 | sinking fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmassinking fire sinking fire n. U.S. (now rare and historical) a charcoal-fired cold-blast furnace, typically used to remelt pig iron and scrap iron. ΚΠ 1869 R. S. Stenton U.S. Patent 88,524 1/1 Cast-steel, the product of malleable iron, made in a sinking-fire, avoids the smelting process. 1946 Monthly Bull. (Pennsylvania Dept. Internal Affairs) Jan. 30 The Freedom Forge, using cold blast charcoal pig iron, worked in a ‘sinking fire’ or Catalan Forge, produced some of the best wrought iron in the country. < as lemmas |
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