Definitions
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- A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
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- noun A kind of
furnace used inrefining , toseparate themetal fromcinders and other foreign matter.
Etymologies
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Probably a corruption of Almain furnace, i.e. a German furnace.
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