almond-furnace
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See also: almond furnace
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Almain + furnace.
Noun[edit]
almond-furnace (plural almond-furnaces)
- (metallurgy) A furnace in which slags of litharge left in refining silver are reduced to lead by being heated with charcoal.
References[edit]
- “almond-furnace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.