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  • noun The making of useful or decorative items from iron
  • noun The metallurgy of iron

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Examples

  • Reid also was one of the few slaves who was paid for his work at the Capitol, working for $1.25 a Sunday “keeping up fires under the moulds” — or keeping the ironworking fires hot so they would not have to wait on Mondays for new fires to be lit — according to a pay receipt.

    Slaves Who Built Capitol Building Honored « 2010

  • There will also be a dramatic and exciting programme of cast and wrought ironworking demonstrations at Blists Hill Victorian Town, plus expert-led tours, lectures and opportunities for visitors to try their hand at working with hot metal.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • Willets Point employs an estimated 3,000 highly skilled workers in ironworking, construction, solid waste management, sewer parts, auto repair and service, and the manufacture of bakery and food ingredients that includes the largest distributor of Indian foods in the US.

    Another Willets Point Rally As Ferrer Joins Anti-Bloomberg Crowd [UPDATED] 2008

  • There will also be a dramatic and exciting programme of cast and wrought ironworking demonstrations at Blists Hill Victorian Town, plus expert-led tours, lectures and opportunities for visitors to try their hand at working with hot metal.

    300th Birthday of the Industrial Revolution Thatsnews 2008

  • FOSTER: Clint and Paul keep it light, but ironworking is now joke.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2007 2007

  • Through chemical analysis of lead and strontium isotopes, a possible relation between the different types of ore, waste from ironworking sampled at Sagalassos and in its territory, and iron objects from the city excavations was investigated.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 5 2003

  • To study the technology of ironworking, all waste products from the geophysically surveyed grids were morphologically classified by means of visual inspection.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 5 2003

  • Besides developing ironworking technology, the Nok culture possessed a unique artistic tradition that it spread widely in the West African forest region.

    b. Forest West Africa 2001

  • The Akan region of present Ghana became an important center of ironworking.

    b. Forest West Africa 2001

  • The spread of ironworking technology led to an agricultural revolution.

    b. Forest West Africa 2001

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