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forehearth

noun

forehearth

noun

Etymology From fore- + hearth.

1

The forward-facing extension or cavity of the hearth of a blast furnace, under the tymp.

  • The lintel of the forehearth of the furnace bears the date 1753.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 373, about Taynuilt:

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