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athanor
a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists
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blast furnace
a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
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cremation chamber, crematorium, crematory
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
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cupola
a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
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electric furnace
any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
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firebox
a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
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forge
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
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gas furnace
a furnace that burns gas
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incinerator
a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
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kiln
a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
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oil burner, oil furnace
a furnace that burns oil
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open-hearth furnace
a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it
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reverberatory furnace
a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
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tank furnace
furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained
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brickkiln
a kiln for making bricks
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dry kiln
a kiln for drying and seasoning lumber
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gas oven
a cremation chamber fueled by gas
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limekiln
a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime
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muffle
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
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oast
a kiln for drying hops
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Stassano furnace, electric-arc furnace
an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel
