hearth
noun
- the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out.
- the part of an open hearth, reverberatory furnace, etc., upon which the charge is placed and melted down or refined.
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Contemporary Examples of hearth
Frederico leads the others around the hearth as they gently wash their faces with cupfuls of warm liquid.
Bye Bye Latté, Hello Guayusa: Why The Amazon Holds the Secret to a Cleaner, Healthier CaffeineBrandon Presser
August 29, 2014
Such Rambo-like defenses of home and hearth do not happen in real life, unless the home also happens to contain a meth lab.
As far as I know, this experience was shared by everyone else around the McArdle hearth.
Or that a Starbucks beverage comes straight from the hearth?
I am love with the classics and Hearth is my hometown favorite.
Historical Examples of hearth
At the breakfast-table, comfortably near the hearth, sat Horace Milbrey.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
The hearth bore a uniform appearance, and did not seem to have been tampered with.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
He certainly had warmed a snake on his hearth, and how was he to be rid of it?
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
Seizing the lamp from the hearth, she hastened to the window that overlooked the street-door.
The Wives of The DeadNathaniel Hawthorne
How it came, how it was passed from hearth to hearth, defied our penetration.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic