"blowing house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blowing houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blowing house (plural blowing houses)
  1. A building traditionally used for smelting tin in Cornwall and Devon, England, containing a furnace and a pair of bellows powered by an adjacent water wheel. Wikipedia link: blowing house Synonyms: blowing mill
    Sense id: en-blowing_house-en-noun-NBWA2XRQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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