Pig iron Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun crude iron tapped from a blast furnace
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- cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See
Pig , 4.
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- the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs.
- cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See
Pig , 4.
