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• hearth — ► NOUN 1) the floor or surround of a fireplace (often used as a symbol of domestic comfort). 2) the base or lower part of a furnace, where molten metal collects. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

• hearth — hearthless, adj. /hahrth/, n. 1. the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room. 2. home; fireside: the joys of family and hearth. 3. Metall. a. the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc …   Universalium

• hearth — [[t]hɑrθ[/t]] n. 1) bui the floor of a fireplace, usu. of stone, brick, etc., often extending into a room 2) mel a) the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out b) the part of …   From formal English to slang

• hearth — /haθ / (say hahth) noun 1. that part of the floor of a room on which the fire is made or above which is a stove, fireplace, furnace, etc. 2. the fireside; home. 3. Metallurgy a. the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten …  

• hearth — [hα:θ] noun 1》 the floor or surround of a fireplace (sometimes used as a symbol of home). 2》 the base or lower part of a furnace, where molten metal collects. Origin OE heorth, of W. Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

• Slag hearth — Slag Slag (sl[a^]g), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See {Slay}, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Van Rensselaer Lower Manor House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

• steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium

• metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …   Universalium

• Low German house — Dat groode Hus, a 1795 Low German house at the Winsen Museum Farm …   Wikipedia

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