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black heat

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Dake, Charles Romyn

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.

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)

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

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