largetn.
/ˈlɑːdʒɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɑrdʒət/ Metallurgy. Now rare.
A piece of bar iron that has been cut to a length to form a blank to be subsequently heated and rolled into a sheet of iron; a sheet bar.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > piece of metal in other form
blank?1590
knee1825
larget1852
strand1876
core1892
undercloak1896
use1955
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > piece or pile ready for rolling
pile1839
larget1852
stamp1880
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > bar-iron > types of
osmund1295
ozimus1550
nail-rod1774
bolt-iron1793
hoop-iron1820
hooping1823
mill bar1839
larget1852
wire iron1952
1852 Brit. Patent 14,244 (1857) 2 To prepare a mass of iron to make it into sheets, it is first forged into a flat oblong piece..of from one foot wide to three feet long... Each piece is named a ‘larget’.
1907 Daily Consular & Trade Rep. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce & Labor) 2 Dec. 12 For blooms, $23.16 per ton; for ingots, $21.23 per ton; for largets and billets, $24.60 per ton.
1982 Brazil Sept. 27/3 Significant growth was recorded under sales of some products, such as iron and steel slabs and largets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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