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BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 85 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a
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flower) , the blossom of flowering
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plants, or the powdery film on the skin of fresh-picked
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fruit; hence applied to the
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surface of newly-minted coins or to a cloudy
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appearance on the
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varnish of
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painting due to moisture; also, in metallurgy, a
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term used of the rough billets of
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iron and
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steel, which have undergone a preliminary hammering or
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rolling, and are ready for further working .

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