stithy an anvil; a forge. mitis wrought iron that has been cast. kish (metall.) slag or dross on molten metal. roke (metall.) a scale-filled scratch on an ingot. tough cake a soft, malleable form of refined copper. tin pest the allotropic modification of tin at low temperatures, which causes it to powder. scoria a cinderlike lava; the refuse left after smelting metal. (and |scorify|.) waste waste "tin plate too defective to be acceptable, even after recoating." Wollaston wire exceedingly fine wire, formed by encasing a wire in another metal, drawing the composite to a fine wire, and stripping off the outer metal.