bloomery

[bloo-muh-ree]

noun, plural bloom·er·ies.

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

Origin of bloomery

First recorded in 1575–85; bloom² + -ery

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Examples from the Web for bloomery

Historical Examples of bloomery

The anger he might have felt at Bloomery Gap had long passed away.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
When a Catalan forge is employed in making blooms, it is called a bloomery.
Popular Technology; Volume 2
Edward Hazen
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
Bog iron is also believed to have been used at a bloomery near Golspie, Sutherlandshire.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
Old inhabitants have a tradition that there was a bloomery in Tollie bay on Loch Maree.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot

British Dictionary definitions for bloomery

bloomery

noun plural -eries

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

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