almond-furnace
See also: almond furnace
English
Etymology
Probably from Almain + furnace.
Noun
almond-furnace (plural almond-furnaces)
- (metallurgy) A furnace in which slags of litharge left in refining silver are reduced to lead by being heated with charcoal.
References
- almond-furnace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911