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FurnaceFurnace Fur"nace, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F.
fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to
E. forceps.]
1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the
combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting
metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as,
an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a
boiler furnace, etc.
Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when
the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast
furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection
artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to
the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon
the materials operated upon.
2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial;
severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20.
Bustamente furnace, a shaft furnace for roasting
quicksilver ores.
Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
Furnace cadmiam or cadmia, the oxide of zinc which
accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting
zinciferous ores. --Raymond.
Furnace hoist (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal,
etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace. FurnaceFurnace Fur"nace, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F.
fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to
E. forceps.]
1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the
combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting
metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as,
an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a
boiler furnace, etc.
Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when
the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast
furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection
artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to
the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon
the materials operated upon.
2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial;
severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20.
Bustamente furnace, a shaft furnace for roasting
quicksilver ores.
Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
Furnace cadmiam or cadmia, the oxide of zinc which
accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting
zinciferous ores. --Raymond.
Furnace hoist (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal,
etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace. Furnace
Furnace Fur"nace, n.
1. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put
into a furnace. [Obs. or R.]
He furnaces The thick sighe from him. --Shak.
furnaceHydrocarbon Hy`dro*car"bon, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,
benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace,
or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
Meaning of furnace from wikipedia
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Furnace may
refer to:
Furnace (central heating): a
furnace, or a
heater or boiler, used to generate...
- A
blast furnace is a type of
metallurgical furnace used for
smelting to
produce industrial metals,
generally pig iron, but also
others such as lead or...
- An
electric arc
furnace (EAF) is a
furnace that
heats material by
means of an
electric arc.
Industrial arc
furnaces range in size from
small units of...
- An open-hearth
furnace or open
hearth furnace is any of
several kinds of
industrial furnace in
which excess carbon and
other impurities are
burnt out of...
- Out of the
Furnace is a 2013
American crime drama film
directed by
Scott Cooper, from a
screenplay by
Cooper and Brad Ingelsby.
Starring Christian Bale...
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Furnace annealing is a
process used in
semiconductor device fabrication which consist of
heating multiple semiconductor wafers in
order to
affect their...
-
Catoctin Furnace (also
known as
Catoctin Iron
Furnace) is an
historic iron
forge located on
Route 15
between Frederick and
Thurmont in
Catoctin Furnace, Maryland...
- A
reverberatory furnace is a
metallurgical or
process furnace that
isolates the
material being processed from
contact with the fuel, but not from contact...
- g.,
blast furnace slags, air-cooled
blast furnace slag,
granulated blast furnace slag,
basic oxygen furnace slag, and
electric arc
furnace slag). Slag...
- A
muffle furnace or
muffle oven (sometimes
retort furnace in
historical usage) is a
furnace in
which the
subject material is
isolated from the fuel and...
