Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simple form of furnace for heating the evaporating-pans and boilers in a salt-factory.
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Examples
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My stepfather had already secured a job at a salt-furnace and he had also secured a little cabin for us to live in.
Boyhood Days 1901
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After I had worked in the salt-furnace for some time, work was secured for me in a coal-mine which was operated mainly for the purpose of securing fuel for the salt-furnace.
Boyhood Days 1901
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The first thing I ever learned in the way of book knowledge was while working in this salt-furnace.
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I had been working in a salt-furnace for several months, and my stepfather had discovered that I had a financial value and so, when the school opened, he decided that he could not spare me from my work.
Boyhood Days 1901
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While at work there, I heard of a vacant position in the household of General Lewis Ruffner, the owner of the salt-furnace and coal-mine.
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My stepfather had already secured a job at a salt-furnace, and he had also secured a little cabin for us to live in.
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After I had worked in the salt-furnace for some time, work was secured for me in a coal-mine which was operated mainly for the purpose of securing fuel for the salt-furnace.
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I had been working in a salt-furnace for several months, and my stepfather had discovered that I had a financial value, and so, when the school opened, he decided that he could not spare me from my work.
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While at work there, I heard of a vacant position in the household of General Lewis Ruffner, the owner of the salt-furnace and coal-mine.
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The first thing I ever learned in the way of book knowledge was while working in this salt-furnace.
Boyhood Days 1901
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