puddling furnace
121tap cinder — noun Slag produced in a puddling furnace • • • Main Entry: ↑tap …
122al|li|ga|tor — «AL uh GAY tuhr», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a large reptile with a rather thick skin, similar to the crocodile but having a shorter and flatter head. There are two species of alligators. One lives in the rivers and marshes of the southeastern …
123ball|ing — «B lihng», noun. 1. the administration of a drug compounded as a bolus or ball, especially to one of the larger animals. 2. the action or process of forming balls in a puddling furnace …
124fet|tling — «FEHT lihng», noun. the sand or ore used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. ╂[< fettle + ing1] …
125finary — obs. f. finery2 a puddling furnace …
126steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
127metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
128List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
