cire-per|due

cire-per|due
cire-per|due «SIHR puhr DOO; French SEER pehr doo», adjective. or cire perdue,
having to do with or designating a process for casting statuary, precision parts, dental work, and other fine work, in metal, by preparing a model with an outer layer of wax, surrounding it with a plaster mold, heating it so as to melt out the wax, and filling the space with molten metal; lost-wax.
╂[< French cire perdue lost wax]

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