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What is a Steel Dresser?

I was looking at my Great-Grandfather's immigration form from when he immigrated from Scotland and he listed his occupation as a steel dresser. What does a steel dresser do?

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I'm not sure, but it could be like and engineer working in steel design or steel polisher. I checked Wikipedia and Yahoo but found nothing. It may be a description of something only in Scotland. Sorry
The steel dresser was a person who would clean the freshly made cast steel pieces at a foundry/ steel factory. Usually when the steel comes out it will have some extra bits and pieces sticking out that need to be removed. The steel is melted and cast into shape so there will be like a little raised line where edges of the mold met or a few blobs sticking out where the hot steel dripped over the edge or something. The dresser was the person who got rid of that kind of stuff to make a more finished/even product.

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