Definition for BLOOM

BLOOM, n.2 [Sax. bloma, a mass or lump; W. plwm; Arm. plom, plowm, or bloum; Fr. plomb; Sp. plomo; It. piombo; L. plumbum, lead, properly a lump.]

A mass of iron that has passed the blomary, or undergone the first hammering.

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