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Dabbers – Dusting-bag

Dabbers

A foundry name for the projections or prickers cast on covering plates for loam-work. See PRICKERS.

Davy's-lamp

See SAFETY-LAMP.

Deoxidation

A term applied to the process of withdrawing the oxygen from a compound.

Dephosphorizing Process

See BASIC PROCESS.

Deposit

A body, or substance precipitated, or thrown down from a solution by decomposition. See PRECIPITATION.

Derrick

See CRANES.

Diagonal

A straight line joining two angles, not adjacent, of a rectilinear figure.

Drag

The bottom, or nowel-part of a flask. See FLASKS.

Dresser

A local term for a cleaner or chipper of castings; usually it means a man that can perform both operations. See CHIPPER; CLEANER.

Drying-stove

See OVEN.

Dump

A name given to the dirt or foundry waste-heap.

Dusting-bag

A blacking-bag. See BLACKING-BAG.