chafery

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noun

An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

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Meanings

nounchafery (plural chaferies)

plural chaferies

  1. An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

    The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney.

    1957, H. R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224
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