almond-furnace

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See also: almond furnace

English[edit]

It has been requested that this entry be merged with almond furnace⁽⁺⁾.

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.

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