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Molten :: Molten (a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image..

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..

Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole..

Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..

Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..

Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

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..

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..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..

Converter :: Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid 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..

Sullage :: Sullage (n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.

Runner :: Runner (n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed..

Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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