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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inclosed chamber, artificially warmed, in which sawn lumber, may be rapidly heated, to free it from moisture and prevent warping.

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  • With a furnace your house becomes a lumber-kiln, and any wood that has not been tried as by fire will, under its influence, warp and crack and shrink; in carpenters 'phrase, "it tears the finish all to pieces."

    Homes and How to Make Them 1875

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