[f. SMELT v. + -ERY. Cf. Du. smelterij, G. schmelzerei.] A place where ores are smelted.
1814. in Cleland, Rise & Progr. Glasgow (1820), 267. Brass founderies and lead smelteries.
1888. E. Roberts, in Harper’s Mag., Sept., 592/1. The product of the smeltery in 1886 had a money value of $1,105,190[.]76.
1893. C. G. Leland, Mem., II. 57. The slag or débris of an iron smeltery.
