单词 | sow-iron |
释义 | † sow-ironn. Obsolete. Sow-metal. Cf. pig iron n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > cast iron in form of pigs sow-iron1608 pig iron1665 sow-metal1674 pig1763 1608 H. Wright Let. 16 May in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 127 For the remainder of sowe iron nowe Restinge, there is litle or noe barre Iron made thereof. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xvii. 140 One Tun whereof [sc. of merchants-iron] is usually had out of a Tun and a half of Sow-Iron. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 57 There is yet a most great benefit to the Kingdom in general by the Sow Iron made of the Iron Stone and Roman Cinders in the Forest of Dean. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 15 Feb. (O.H.S.) II. 170 The sow Iron [is] the best in the..world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1608 |
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