malleable iron

American  

noun

1. malleable cast iron.

2. wrought iron.

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malleable iron British  

noun

1. Also called: malleable cast iron.  cast iron that has been toughened by gradual heating or slow cooling

2. a less common name for wrought iron

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Etymology

Origin of malleable iron

First recorded in 1815–25

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malleable iron

The industry uses 60% of the country's synthetic rubber, 50% of its malleable iron, 33% of its zinc, 25% of its steel and 17% of its aluminum.

From Time Magazine Archive

It soon became the biggest Southern producer of malleable iron castings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Given a quantity of malleable iron and a fire, it would not be an impossible task to construct some rough tools.

From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis

But native malleable iron is occasionally found in large masses alloyed with this metal, and its extrinsic source has been fully ascertained.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

FORGING, the craft of the smith, or “blacksmith,” exercised on malleable iron and steel, in the production of works of constructive utility and of ornament.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various