(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:42:44

Con*vert"er (?), n.

1.

One who converts; one who makes converts.

2. Steel Manuf.

A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

 

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