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bloomery

[ bloo-muh-ree ]

noun

, plural bloom·er·ies.
  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

An hour later when his regiment came down into Bloomery Gap, he found the colonel and made his report.

This was the first time he had been thus summoned since that unlucky winter evening at Bloomery Gap.

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

When a Catalan forge is employed in making blooms, it is called a bloomery.

Across the road from this seat and close to the beck are the slag mounds of another bloomery.

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