pig iron
A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped…A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, and so is commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)A brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, and so is commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron.
Roheisen
чу́шковый чугу́нčúškovyj čugún, переде́льный чугу́нperedélʹnyj čugún
переро́бний чаву́нpereróbnyj čavún, сире́ залі́зоsyré zalízo
(countable, obsolete, usually)An iron plate which is hung between a piece of meat and the fire used to cook it to prevent the meat from burning if the fire is too hot.
- crude iron tapped from a blast furnace
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Origin
From pig (“animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus;From pig (“animal of the family Suidae, especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus; oblong block of cast metal (iron or lead)”) + iron. It appears that in early use sow was used to refer to larger blocks of smelted metal and pig smaller ones. From the 17th century, the words were adapted to newer methods of iron smelting, with pig used to describe blocks formed from molten iron served from the central channel (runner) of a pig bed which were said to resemble a litter of piglets nursing from a sow.
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plural: pig ironsSynonyms
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