猪圈, 铸床

[机] 铁水浇铸床

[ noun ]
mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
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Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
hog. ``Two pigges in a poke.'' --Chaucer.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus} and related
genera.

3. [Cf. {Sow} a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of
cast iron, lead, or other metal. See {Mine pig}, under
{Mine}.

4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]

{Masked pig}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Masked}.

{Pig bed} (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from
a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.

{Pig iron}, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as
it comes from the smelting furnace. See {Pig}, 4.

{Pig yoke} (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.

{A pig in a poke} (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something
bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value
being known. [Colloq.]