English
Noun
chafery
#an open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
#:Quotations
#:*1957: The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.

• 2007-12-20 18:30 - 99.232.53.240 - correct spelling of "chimney" (was himney)

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