Definition of hearth

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Hearth (n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove..

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Backlog :: Backlog (n.) A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace..
Salamander :: Salamander (n.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
Hood :: Hood (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Fining :: Fining (n.) The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire..
Reredos :: Reredos (n.) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls..
Test :: Test (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A fireplace or hearth.
Sow :: Sow (n.) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside..
Vesta :: Vesta (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it..
Finery :: Finery (n.) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling..
Lar :: Lar (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house..
Forestick :: Forestick (n.) Front stick of a hearth fire.
Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..
Fettle :: Fettle (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace..
Spider :: Spider (n.) An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth..
Pernot Furnace :: Pernot furnace () A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel..
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