bloomery

American  

[bloo-muh-ree] / ˈblu mə ri /

noun

plural

bloomeries

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

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bloomery British  

/ ˈbluːmərɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bloomery

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

Example Sentences

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.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

We are anchored tonight off the coast of Delaware, where there stands, on the bank, a great ironworks—a bloomery and slitting mill—all cold and neglected.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

This original German St�ckofen or high bloomery furnace was used for making "masses" of wrought-iron under essentially the same conditions as its progenitor the forge—only upon a larger scale.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Large quantities of iron scoria, scattered over the fields near the village, are generally allowed to indicate that a Roman bloomery was established near the spot.

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

A bloomery fire does not require more than 2000 acres of woodland, while a blast furnace will use the charcoal of 5000.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various