muck bar

noun

, Metallurgy.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of muck bar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

A bar of iron which has been rolled twice is formed from a pile of fourteen separate pieces of iron that have been rolled only once, or "muck bar," as it is called; while the thrice-rolled bar is made from a pile of eight separate pieces of double-rolled iron.

From Project Gutenberg

The Stevenson Furnace, from 15th to 20th April, produced 29,160 lbs. of Muck Bar, and 515 lbs. of Scrap Bar, worked double turn.

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On Stevenson Furnace, 3,963 lbs. more Muck Bar, and 220 lbs. more Scrap Bar were made, with 50 bushels less coal than were used in other furnace.

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