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white iron

noun

cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.

Also called white cast iron.

Origin of white iron

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby white iron

white horse, white house, white house, the, white hunter, white infarct, white iron, white knight, white lady, white lead, white lead ore, white leather

Example sentences from the Web for white cast iron

The only alloy of iron interesting to the arts, is that with tin, in the formation of tin-plate, or white-iron.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure