black heat

British  

noun

1. heat emitted by an electric element made from low-resistance thick wire that does not glow red

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black heat

But Hood’s eyes, normally so soft and sad, were wide and black as round coals, shining with a black heat.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Width, about 4 miles C. Ring of hot lava, dull red, shading to black heat at outer edge.

From A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake

And they shone in the streets and in the fields with their warm joy, and they glistened in their black heat, and they flung themselves free in their wide abandonment of shouting laughter.

From Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena by Gertrude Stein

Do not hammer at all at a black heat.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin

If the iron is at a black heat, the tissue will stick to the iron and will pull away from the surface of the wound.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

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