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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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..
Cuvette :: Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed..
Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Geat :: Geat (n.) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
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..
Molten :: Molten (a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image..
Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior..
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..
Molten :: Molten (p. p.) of Mel.
Moltable :: Moltable (a.) Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..
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..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it..
Magma :: Magma (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc..
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..
Rabble :: Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling..
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