bloomery

[ bloo-muh-ree ]

/ ˈblu mə ri /

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noun, plural bloom·er·ies.

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

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Origin of bloomery

First recorded in 1575–85; bloom² + -ery

Words nearby bloomery

blook, bloom, bloomed, bloomer, bloomers, bloomery, Bloomfield, Bloomfieldian, blooming, Bloomingdale, blooming mill

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How to use bloomery in a sentence

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
As you say, he made the very man we're talking of do that from Bloomery Gap to Romney—and nobody ever knew why.
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

Across the road from this seat and close to the beck are the slag mounds of another bloomery.
The Book of Coniston|William Gershom Collingwood

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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