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pig iron
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron. -
busheled iron
heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel. -
cast iron
Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting. -
long iron
a club, as a driving iron, midiron, or mid-mashie, with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has little slope, for hitting long, low shots. -
midiron
a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie. -
rust
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.