Filing; figurative ‘polishing up’.

The action of matt, v. 1; the production of a matt surface; the matt surface thus produced.

A lining or covering of timber or metal, laid on a surface as a protection.

The reducing of cast- or pig-iron into ‘blooms.’ Also attributive, as blooming mill; blooming machine n.,blooming rolls (see quots.).

The giving a steel edge or point to iron, etc.

(See quot. 1839.)

Metallurgy. The deposition of iron or slag on the surface of a tuyère during smelting; damage to a tuyère caused by this. Now rare.

U.S. The insertion of shims; also, a shim, or shims collectively.

In various technical uses: see beat, v.1 24.

The action or an act of cutting, clipping, or shaving with shears or some other sharp instrument.

The action or process of making something rustproof. Cf. rustproof, v. Frequently attributive.

spec. The dressing of stone with a pick or similar steel-tipped tool.

The action of splitting mica into thick sheets.

a process for the production of aluminium from bauxite.

The process of strengthening a tube, esp. a gun barrel, by subjecting it to internal pressure high enough to enlarge the bore and push the inner…

The practice of applying a finish to a product that would otherwise be applied by a subsequent manufacturer or consumer.

the action of beating the metal panels of motor vehicles into shape; the work done by a panel beater.