Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A founder; one engaged in the work of a foundry.
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- noun A man who works in a
foundry
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Examples
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Getty Images File picture of a foundryman working with molten metal at the furnace face inside the Corus Steelworks at Redcar which is to be mothballed.
Corus Plans to Sell More Steel in Short-Term Deals Prasenjit Bhattacharya 2010
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The foundryman who had constructed the big torpedo-shaped contrivance had been interviewed.
Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Ellsworth Douglass
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The foundryman used only half the metal he would put into a culverin, for the stone projectile weighed only a third as much as an iron ball of the same size, and the bore walls could therefore be comparatively thin.
Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy
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When all had been finished the foundryman had shipped the new invention, _via_ the Michigan Southern
Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Ellsworth Douglass
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All did very well, though Pud was puffing and blowing like a porpoise and sweating like a foundryman when they stopped at the top of the hill for a short rest.
Bob Hunt in Canada George W. Orton 1915
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He is a foundryman, had a hard struggle to establish his growing business, and has in consequence a fierce outlook on the world, as one who at any time may have to fight for his own.
At Plattsburg Allen French 1908
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The last issue of the South Brooklyn News had been put upon the street, and I went to the city to make a bargain with the foundryman for the type.
The Making of an American Riis, Jacob A 1901
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The last issue of the South Brooklyn News had been put upon the street, and I went to the city to make a bargain with the foundryman for the type.
In which I become an Editor and receive my First Love Letter 1901
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I know that it is no more wrong or wicked for a horse to work for his living, -- of course on a humane basis, -- either on the stage or on the street, than it is for a coal-carrier, a foundryman, a farmer, a bookkeeper, a school teacher or a housewife to do the day's work.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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The foundryman formed a mould in clay and poured the melted brass into it.
Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892
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