bloomery

[ bloo-muh-ree ]

/ ˈblu mə ri /

noun, plural bloom·er·ies.

Metalworking. a hearth for smelting iron in blooms of pasty consistency by means of charcoal.

Nearby words

blook, bloom, bloomed, bloomer, bloomers, bloomery, bloomfield, bloomfieldian, blooming, blooming mill, blooming oil

Origin of bloomery

First recorded in 1575–85; bloom² + -ery

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Examples from the Web for bloomery

When a Catalan forge is employed in making blooms, it is called a bloomery.
Popular Technology; Volume 2|Edward Hazen
Above Parkamoor Beck bloomery is Parkamoor—the sheep farm on the moor.
The Book of Coniston|William Gershom Collingwood
A bloomery fire does not require more than 2000 acres of woodland, while a blast furnace will use the charcoal of 5000.
The American Quarterly Review|Various
An hour later when his regiment came down into Bloomery Gap, he found the colonel and made his report.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston

This was the first time he had been thus summoned since that unlucky winter evening at Bloomery Gap.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for bloomery

bloomery

/ (ˈbluːmərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

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

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