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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Furnace \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hydrocarbon \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: furnace n : an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Furnace (1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (Dan. 3:22, 23; comp. Jer. 29:22). This furnace would be in constant requisition, for the Babylonians disposed of their dead by cremation, as did also the Accadians who invaded Mesopotamia. (2.) Heb. kibshan, a smelting furnace (Gen. 19:28), also a lime-kiln (Isa. 33:12; Amos 2:1). (3.) Heb. kur, a refining furnace (Prov. 17:3; 27:21; Ezek. 22:18). (4.) Heb. alil, a crucible; only used in Ps 12:6. (5.) Heb. tannur, oven for baking bread (Gen. 15:17; Isa. 31:9; Neh. 3:11). It was a large pot, narrowing towards the top When it was heated by a fire made within, the dough was spread over the heated surface, and thus was baked. "A smoking furnace and a burning lamp" (Gen. 15:17), the symbol of the presence of the Almighty, passed between the divided pieces of Abraham's sacrifice in ratification of the covenant God made with him (See {OVEN}.) (6.) Gr kamnos a furnace, kiln, or oven (Matt. 13:42, 50; Rev. 1:15; 9:2).
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