American forge
English edit
Noun edit
American forge (plural American forges)
- A forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.[1]
References edit
- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “American forge”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “American forge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)