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muck bar

noun

, Metallurgy.
  1. a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of muck bar1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

The samples here noted were cut and piled only once from the muck bar.

The muck-bar made from the blooms was fibrous in fracture, and showed every appearance of good iron.

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