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sow-metal
sow-metal [f. sow n.1 6. Cf. sow-iron.] Cast iron in sows or large ingots as it comes from the blasting- or smelting-furnace.1674 Phil. Trans. XVII. 696 They have of late made it much better than heretofore, by melting the Sow-metal over again. 1746 Brit. Mag. 96 The Nucleus Ferri, Sow-metal or liqu...
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pig-metal
ˈpig-ˌmetal [f. pig n.1 7 + metal: cf. sow-metal.] Metal, usually iron, in the form of pigs.1731 Gentl. Mag. I. 167 [He] proposes with Pit-coal Fire to make Bar Iron from Pig-metal. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 73/1 His new invented method of making malleable iron from pig or sow metal. 1831 J. Holland ...
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pig
▪ I. pig, n.1 (pɪg) Forms: 3–7 pigge, 4–6 pygge, 5 pygg, 5–8 pigg, 6 pyg, (7 bigg), 6– pig. [Early ME. pigge:—prob. OE. *picga, *pigga. Etymology obscure. In formation, *picga wk. masc. corresponds to other animal names, docga, ME. dogge dog, frocga, frogga, ME. frogge frog, hogga, ME. hogge hog. Th...
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