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bloomery

[bloo-muh-ree]

noun

plural

bloomeries 
  1. Metalworking.,  a hearth for smelting iron in blooms bloom of pasty consistency by means of charcoal.



bloomery

/ ˈbluːmərɪ /

noun

  1. a place in which malleable iron is produced directly from iron ore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bloomery1

First recorded in 1575–85; bloom 2 + -ery
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Example Sentences

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The pitted iron hardware deep lilac in color, smeltered in some bloomery in Cadiz or Bristol and beaten out on a blackened anvil, good to last three hundred years against the sea.

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It plans to allow some existing dispensaries to apply for licenses, as Jacob plans to do for his Village Bloomery in Vancouver.

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Growing up near Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, Besneatte-Cullinane has learned to experiment with ink.

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They stopped in Laurel Bloomery, Tenn., a town known for its fiddler conventions, and bought pottery — smooth ceramic dishes and mugs in earthy tones that both women still have.

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Crews were called to a building site in Bloomery Circle, Llanwern, at 21:15 BST on Wednesday.

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