Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In glass manufacturing, a furnace in which the ingredients are fused together; in a process in which frit is used, the second or refining furnace, in which the frit is reheated and made ready for working.
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Examples
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A water-jacket for cooling the walls of a gas-producer or glass-furnace is much more like a water-jacket for cooling the walls of a limekiln or steam-boiler furnace than it is like the art of gas-making or manufacture of glass articles.
The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office
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To perfect his invention he next built a glass-furnace, carrying the bricks on his back.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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More than three hundred pieces of pottery covered with his compounds were sent to the glass-furnace; and thither he himself went to watch the results of the baking.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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The greater heat of the glass-furnace had melted some of the compounds; but though Palissy searched diligently for the white enamel he could find none.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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But this young man was led away from him by a brother of his mother, who, being passing rich, and having no children, took him with him to Vicenza and placed him in charge of a glass-furnace that he was setting up.
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi Giorgio Vasari 1542
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