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muck bar

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

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

Etymology

Origin of muck bar

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various

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