foundryn.
/ˈfaʊndri/, U.S. /ˈfaʊndri/ 1. The art or business of founding or casting metal; concrete founders' work, castings.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting
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foundinga1657
font1754
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting > product of
iron foundry1686
casting1884
foundry1890
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > cast metal
casting1788
foundry1890
pressure die-casting1919
pressure casting1922
sand casting1939
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 565 This art of grauing images in stone is of greater antiquitie by farre, than..founderie and casting statues.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §279 (note) The ingenious Mr. Prickett, to whom the Iron Foundery of this kingdom owes much.
1890 Daily News 6 Jan. 2/3 Cut nails are advanced..and a similar run is declared in heavy iron foundry, mill-rolls, wheels, etc.
2. figurative.1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 161 Thus I contend with Fancy and Opinion; and search the Mint and Foundery of Imagination.1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 249 The nursery of irresistible legions, the foundary of the human race.† b. (See quots.) Obsolete.
a. An establishment or building in which founding of metal or glass is carried on.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for founding
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1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 194 The founderie where they cast ordinance.
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. xiv. 319 This Man..dwelt near an English Foundery in Glengary.
1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 915.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xliii Fellow-workmen together in the same foundry.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > distilling > [noun] > distillery
still-house1558
stillatory?1600
foundry1670
distil-house1682
distillery1759
stillery1762
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1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 3 The fondaries or stilling houses of the Great Duke of Florence.
1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Fondery (Fr.) a Stilling-house.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
foundry-coke n.
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1892 Daily News 6 Aug. 8/6 Wanted by Colliery Proprietors, an Agent, to sell foundry coke.
foundry-furnace n.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 355 Foundry Furnace..Reverberating and blast furnaces.
foundry-goods n.
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1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 71 That endless variety of smaller and generally useful articles, denominated foundery goods.
foundry-man n.
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1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 357 He..keeps 'a the foundrymen starvin' till neet.
C2.
foundry-iron n. iron containing sufficient carbon to make it suitable for castings.
foundry-proof n. the final proof before stereotyping or electrotyping (Jacobi).
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