smeltingn.
/ˈsmɛltɪŋ/ 1. figurative.1882 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years II. vi. 130 The incompleteness of the smelting shows all the more the actual condition of his [sc. Carlyle's] mind.
a. The action of smelt v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > extraction from ore > smelting
roastingc1350
reducing?a1425
smelting1531
trying1630
excoction1640
reduction1666
eliquation1741
roast1870
beneficiation1881
1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 78 Et Nicholao Kyrchus et socio pro smeltynge 110 ma. petr. plumbi 6s. 6d.
1582 in Trans. Jewish Hist. Soc. Eng. (1903) 4 94 Takeinge the said vitriall or Coppris from the ure before it Come in to the first smeltinge.
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) V. 741 What Tools are used in smelting, their Figures, use, &c.
1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 32 The Dross of the Ore on smelting is called Slag.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 86/2 In the smelting of copper ores, quartz is used.
1831 J. Logan Sc. Gaël II. v. 195 Smelting and working of iron with fires of wood.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 26/1 The smelting, conducted in large blast furnaces, disengages the metal from the oxygen and earths of the ores.
b. A process or product of smelting.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > smelted metal
smelting1872
1872 Daily News 12 Oct. The sulphur smoke of the smeltings kills vegetation.
2. attributive, as smelting bellows, smelting fire, smelting-furnace, smelting-hearth, smelting-house, smelting mill, etc.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for melting or smelting
melting shop1555
smelting-house1610
smelt-house1693
smelt-mill1772
smeltery1814
forge1839
smelter1877
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 767 Minerall men, who haue heere there smelting house by Derwent side.
1664 Oldenburg in Boyle's Wks. (1772) VI. 150 It is like the smelting miln-smoke.
1667 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 35 Five Pair of large Smelting Bellows.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Smelt A..Furnace..call'd, The smelting-Furnace.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 68 It has been carried to the smelting-house, as it came out of the earth.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 819 The mixture is calcined over a smelting fire.
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 106/2 In the time of the Romans smelting works were carried on in the neighbourhood.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 339 What are known as smelting-ores in this district are the richer grades carrying usually 300 ounces of silver and upwards per ton.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 100 The air driven into the smelting-hearth was cold.
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