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 De·car·bon·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decarbonized p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
 Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron.
 Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
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 In·got n.
 1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
 And from the fire he took up his matter
 And in the ingot put it with merry cheer.   --Chaucer.
 2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
    Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine.   --Sir W. Jones.
 Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
 Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.
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