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Billet :: Billet (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron..

Ferri- :: Ferri- () A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as, ferricyanide..

Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

Salt :: Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..

Mitraille :: Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.

Work :: Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth..

Hardware :: Hardware (n.) Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery..

Chalybean :: Chalybean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel..

Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron..

Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities..

Tin :: Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil..

Coamings :: Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Jamesonite :: "Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron..

Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire..

Gasometer :: Gasometer (n.) An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4..

Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel..

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