forehearth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forehearth
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The lead absorbs the gold or silver, just as tin or lead when melted in the forehearth absorbs the other unmelted metal which has been thrown into it.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
After a quarter of an hour, when the lead which the assistant has placed in the forehearth is melted, the master opens the tap-hole of the furnace with a tapping-bar.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
On one side of the forehearth is a low wall, three-quarters of a foot wider and one foot longer than the forehearth, on which lies charcoal powder.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The copper alloyed with lead, which flows down from the furnace into the forehearth, is poured out with a ladle into oblong copper moulds; these cakes are "dried" with base exhausted liquation cakes.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The assistant, having prepared the forehearth, returns to the furnace and besmears both sides as well as the top of the mouth with simple lute.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
