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Definition of Scrap iron
1. Noun. Iron to be melted again and reworked.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrap Iron
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Literary usage of Scrap iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"Cast scrap iron of every description, six dollars per ton. ... But nothing shall
be deemed scrap iron except waste or refuse iron that has been in actual ..."
2. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"scrap iron. The term " scrap iron " is used to designate that considerable portion
of the iron charged into the furnace which has been remelted one or more ..."
3. Scrap Metals: Study of Iron and Steel Old Material, Its Preparation and Markets by George Henry Manlove, Charles Vickers (1918)
"To this end a series of allied organizations was formed a few years ago under
the general name of the National scrap iron and Steel association. ..."
4. The Manufacture of Iron, in All Its Various Branches: Including a by Frederick Overman (1854)
"Where good iron is generally manufactured, there is no special demand for scrap
iron rods. Iron made from these scraps cannot be cheap ; therefore, ..."
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