Question

Notice the words in bold in the following sentence.

“The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the maw of the furnace with a great deal of clatter”. This is a phrase that is used in the specific context of an iron plant.

Pick out other such phrases and words from the story that are peculiar to the terminology of ironworks.

Answer 1

Other such phrases could be as follows:

1. ‘A hard regular thumping’
2. ‘Hammer strokes’
3. ‘A large plant with smelter, rolling mill and forge’
4. ‘Pig iron’
5. ‘Coal dust’
6. ‘Put on the anvil’