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pig bed

–noun Metallurgy.
a bed of sand for molding pigs into which molten metal is poured.

Origin:
1815–25
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pig bed  
n.  A bed of sand in which pigs of iron is cast.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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