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Definition of Pig iron
1. Noun. Crude iron tapped from a blast furnace.
Specialized synonyms: Basic Iron, Cinder Pig, Mine Pig, Spiegel, Spiegel Iron, Spiegeleisen
Substance meronyms: Cast Iron, Wrought Iron
Definition of Pig iron
1. Noun. A type of crude iron shaped like a block, commonly used as an industrial raw material. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pig Iron
Literary usage of Pig iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"de fer, cast iron, pig iron, pig. — de manganèse, cast manganese, crude manganese.
... en gueuse, pig iron. — en pain de sucre, (Glass) fusion which is ..."
2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1903)
"It may be permitted, however, to touch briefly upon the conditions which led to
the vast increase in the manufacture of pig iron in Germany. ..."
3. Proceedings by Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society (1891)
"THE PROPER GRADING OF SOUTHERN pig iron. BY AE BARTON. When requested by oar
President to prepare a paper to read at the present meeting of the Society, ..."
4. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"THE year 1890 is notable in the history of the iron and steel industries of the
United States as the year in which our production of pig iron exceeded for ..."
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