Etymology: < smeltv. + -erysuffix. Compare Dutch smelterij, German schmelzerei.
A place where ores are smelted.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for melting or smelting
melting shop1555
smelting-house1610
smelt-house1693
smelt-mill1772
smeltery1814
forge1839
smelter1877
1814 in Cleland Rise & Progr. Glasgow (1820) 267 Brass founderies and lead smelteries.
1888 Harper's Mag. Sept. 592 The product of the smeltery in 1886 had a money value of $1,105,190·76.
1893 C. G. LelandMemoirs II. 57 The slag or débris of an iron smeltery.
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