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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Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..
Chill :: Chill (n.) An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc..
Moltable :: Moltable (a.) Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Crust :: Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior..
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..
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..
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
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..
Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
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..
Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..
Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..
Teem :: Teem (v. t.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal..
Magma :: Magma (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc..
Scum :: Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
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..
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