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An ingot of virgin or secondary metal to be remelted for use. Initial post smelting casting of lead or iron. Named long ago when molten metal was poured through a trench in the ground to flow into shallow earthen holes, the arrangement looked like newborn pigs suckiling. The central channel became known as the sow: and the molds pig. A colloquial term describing a container (usually lead or depleted uranium) used to ship or store radioactive materials.
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