A furnace or hearth in which pig iron is refined to make wrought iron or steel.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnaces for treating iron > puddling furnaces (9) finery1539 A furnace or hearth in which pig iron is refined to make wrought iron or steel. finery hearth1693 a hearth in which pig iron is refined; = sense 1. refinery1750 Metallurgy. A furnace for the refining of metal; spec. one for the conversion of cast into malleable iron. Now chiefly historical. finery furnace1786 a furnace in which pig iron is refined; = sense 1. puddling furnace1797 forge-fire1855 (a) a smith's fire; (b) a puddling furnace. boiling-furnace1875 a reverberatory furnace sometimes employed in the decarbonization of cast-iron. Subcategories:— part of (2) |
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