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cire perdue

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cire per⋅due

  [seer per-doo, -dyoo; Fr. seer per-dy]
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–noun Metallurgy.
lost-wax process.
Origin:
1875–80; short for F moulage à cire perdue mold on lost wax

lost-wax process

  [lawst-waks, lost-]
–noun Metallurgy.
a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.
Also called cire perdue.

Origin:
1930–35; trans. of F cire perdue
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