Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metallurgy, the top of a blast- or shaft-furnace.
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Examples
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Close to the tunnel-head we alighted, and went on into the dream on foot, the gallery contracting to a few feet in height, where a group of black figures bent over rock-drills which creaked and groaned.
The Princess Passes 1901
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The dream showed me now a long iron cage, shoring up the crumbling walls of the excavation; and through this cage we crept like a procession of wary mice, suddenly putting on speed at the end, till we reached the tunnel-head, and found another train preparing to go out.
The Princess Passes 1901
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