Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pig-iron

This is a mere play upon the word sow. When iron is melted it runs off into a channel called a sow, the lateral branches of which are called the pigs; here the iron cools, and is called pig-iron.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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