almond-furnace

See also: almond furnace

English

Etymology

Probably from Almain +‎ furnace.

Noun

almond-furnace (plural almond-furnaces)

1. (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, →OCLC.