| 单词 | smelting fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmelting fire 2. attributive, as smelting bellows, smelting fire, smelting-furnace, smelting-hearth, smelting-house, smelting mill, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for melting or smelting melting shop1555 smelting-house1610 smelt-house1693 smelt-mill1772 smeltery1814 forge1839 smelter1877 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 767 Minerall men, who haue heere there smelting house by Derwent side. 1664 Oldenburg in Boyle's Wks. (1772) VI. 150 It is like the smelting miln-smoke. 1667 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 35 Five Pair of large Smelting Bellows. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Smelt A..Furnace..call'd, The smelting-Furnace. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 68 It has been carried to the smelting-house, as it came out of the earth. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 819 The mixture is calcined over a smelting fire. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 106/2 In the time of the Romans smelting works were carried on in the neighbourhood. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 339 What are known as smelting-ores in this district are the richer grades carrying usually 300 ounces of silver and upwards per ton. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 100 The air driven into the smelting-hearth was cold. < as lemmas |
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