·- A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, — used in making steel.
·noun To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. II. Furnace ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The fire-place of a marine boiler. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Various kinds of furnaces are noticed in the Bible, such as a smelting or calcining furnace, (Genesi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. ...
·noun ·Alt. of Ash-oven. ...