Definition of molten

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Molten (a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron..

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Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..
Devitrification :: Devitrification (n.) The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products..
Shutter :: Shutter (n.) A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle..
Teem :: Teem (v. t.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal..
Bessemer Steel :: Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process..
Moltable :: Moltable (a.) Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold..
Molten :: Molten (a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron..
Stream :: Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano..
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed..
Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior..
Cuvette :: Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
Rondle :: Rondle (n.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible..
Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
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