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

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 Stein, Gertrude

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 Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

With plates so prepared it has been found possible to obtain impressions in the dark with the rays coming from a black object, heated to only a black heat.

From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.

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 Michener, Charles B.