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Reeking Ingot-moulds

To prevent cast-steel ingots from sticking to the cast-iron moulds, it is customary, at some steel-works, to place the halves of the moulds with their faces down, upon a suitably provided support, which permits the burning coal-tar underneath them to deposit a coating of soot upon their surfaces. The process is termed reeking. See INGOT-MOULDS; RUNNING-STEEL INGOTS.