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chafery

chafery noun: an open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

Noun

chafery (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

Forms of chafery

pluralchaferies

Questions about chafery

What does chafery mean?
Chafery means an open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
What part of speech is chafery?
Chafery is a noun.
What is the plural of chafery?
The plural of chafery is chaferies.

Words near chafery in the dictionary

  1. chafening
  2. chafens
  3. chafer
  4. chaferies
  5. chafers
  6. chafery
  7. chafes
  8. chafes at the bit
  9. chafesome
  10. chafest
  11. chafeth

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