Scrap-ir′on.
（Founding.) Irregular masses of iron spattered about or run through in pouring, are known as scraps, and all old metal which has at any time been cast, wasters, etc., accumulated for remelting, receives the general name of scrap-iron. Scrap wrought-iron is piled, heated, and rerolled. It consists of cuttings, clippings, and worn-out small articles, such as horse-shoe nails, etc., which may be balled and worked over; when carefully selected and rewrought, the product possesses superior toughness and malleability.
