A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)
Sub-order 2.—Furnacemen (not Foundry) and Puddlers
174.—Shinglers
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- bloomer
- see shingler
- cf. bloomer (178)
- nobbler
- a shingler q.v. who hammers one ball at a time as distinguished from shingler who is "doubling," i.e., hammering two balls at a time, "trebling," etc.
- shingler
; bloomer
- grasps one or more balls of wrought iron in pair of tongs and holds it under steam hammer or dx-op hammer, turning it over continually until as much slag as possible is squeezed out and the ball is shaped into rough bloom or bar ready for rolling.
- tilter
- a shingler q.v. who squeezes slag out of ball of puddled iron by holding it under hammer of tilt hammer; cf. filter (199), and (279).
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 