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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stove or furnace constructed on the base-burning principle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.

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  • noun Alternative form of baseburner.

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