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Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..

Penates :: Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.

Vestal :: Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste..

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A fireplace or hearth.

Fettle :: Fettle (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace..

Fire :: Fire (n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace..

Hearthstone :: Hearthstone (n.) Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home..

Fumage :: Fumage (n.) Hearth money.

Amphidromical :: Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

Pernot Furnace :: Pernot furnace () A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel..

Forestick :: Forestick (n.) Front stick of a hearth fire.

Backlog :: Backlog (n.) A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth..

Fettling :: Fettling (n.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace..

Test :: Test (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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..

Hearth :: 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..

Dam :: Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace..

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..

Siemens-martin Process :: Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open..

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