Fees or payments charged by a bloomery or iron-working forge; payment for using iron-working facilities.
From 'bloom' (a mass of iron from a furnace) plus the suffix '-age' (indicating a fee or charge, as in 'tonnage' or 'wharfage'). This medieval and early modern term reflects iron-working economics.
Medieval craftspeople paid fees for everything—'bloomage' was a bloomery fee just like 'wharfage' was a dock fee. These '-age' words show how economic systems created specialized vocabulary for specific transactions.
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