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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metallurgy, the front part of the hearth of a blast-furnace, or that part which is directly under the tymp-arch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The forward extension of the
hearth of ablast furnace under thetymp .
Etymologies
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fore- + hearth
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