Associations to the word «Spiegeleisen»

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Wiktionary

SPIEGELEISEN, noun. A ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon.

Dictionary definition

SPIEGELEISEN, noun. Pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats