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athanor

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[ath-uh-nawr] / ˈæθ əˌnɔr /

noun

Alchemy.

  1. a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.

Etymology

Origin of athanor

1425–75; late Middle English ≪ Arabic at tannūr the furnace

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