The hearth or furnace at which iron was heated for its second working.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnaces for treating iron (21) string-hearth1409 The hearth or furnace at which iron was heated for its second working. smithy1565 A forge in which iron is made into blooms (bloom, n.2 1), a bloomery. Cf. bloom-smithy n. at bloom, n.2 compounds 2. Now historical. bloomery1584 The first forge in an iron-works through which the metal passes after having been melted from the ore, and in which it is made into blooms. chafery1663 (See quots.) air-bloomery1825 a primitive kind of smelting furnace consisting of a conical structure with openings at the top and bottom to allow the passage of air. blast-bloomery1860 scrap-furnace1861 one for melting scrap-iron. block-furnace- = bloomery, n.1 Subcategories:— part of (1) — puddling furnaces (9) — for producing steel (3) |
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