Pig iron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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  1. cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.
Definitions
  1. the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs.
  2. cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.

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