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

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.

He envisioned much more for the now �5,000 investment than the disparagingly reported return of a "fire shovell and tonges and a little barre of iron made by a bloomery...."

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Hatch, Charles E.

The whole place seemed one huge parterre of bloomery; even traders set bouquets in every shop and stall, and the scented air was heavy with perfume.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir