reheatingn.
/ˌriːˈhiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈhidɪŋ/ 1. The action or process of reheating something.
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1705 tr. Whole Art of Dying 222 The quantity of Indigo which he uses in the good Copper, or in the reheating.
1778 J. Haigh Dyer's Assistant ii. 14 At the re-heating, the Indigo is put in on Saturday Night, that it may incorporate with the Bever.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 233/1 The principal object of the subsequent reheating in the granulator is to bring it into a favourable state for removal to the moulds.
1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 359 During the reheating of piles or of ingots they are moved about a little.
1950 E. T. Vincent Theory & Design Gas Turbines & Jet Engines iv. 114 The ideal case of multistaging would be that of an infinite number of stages with perfect cooling or reheating.
1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking i. i. 33 I was once snowed in for a week and lived entirely on a single large pot of menudo, which improved with each reheating.
2007 P. J. Steinhardt & N. Turok Endless Universe v. 98 Some computer programs that might be adapted to studying the reheating of the universe.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > heating again
reheating1725
recalcination1751
reheat1868
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Garden As the usual Interval between is about a Foot broad and better for the Path, a little Dung will serve to fill that place..but when the Bed is single, the Reheating should be two Foot broad at least.
Compounds
reheating furnace n. Metallurgy a furnace used to reheat iron or steel prior to hot working.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > other furnaces
retort furnace1688
stew1688
reheating furnace1818
reheating oven1839
water oven1848
Siemens producer1866
decomposing furnace1876
reheat furnace1931
exfoliator1944
1818 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 33 133 The several sorts of slags or cinders produced in..the balling or re-heating furnace.
1946 V. N. Wood Metall. Materials vi. 163 The slabs are brought to rolling heat in a reheating furnace.
2002 N. Lichtenstein State of Union (2003) vi. 212 He was checking steel slabs before they went into the reheating furnace.
reheating oven n. Metallurgy = reheating furnace n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > other furnaces
retort furnace1688
stew1688
reheating furnace1818
reheating oven1839
water oven1848
Siemens producer1866
decomposing furnace1876
reheat furnace1931
exfoliator1944
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 707 In the re-heating ovens, the loss is from 8 to 10 per cent. on the large bar iron.
1921 A. Z. Synder & M. V. Synder Paris Days & London Nights iv. 57 I saw women tending reheating ovens, where metal at white heat was swung to the massive hammers.
2008 South Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 23 Jan. 13 The gas main, bringing recycled gas from the coke ovens to a reheating oven within the hot rolling mill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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