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hearth the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained hearth [härth] (building construction) The floor of a fireplace or brick oven. The projection in front of a fireplace, made of brick, stone, or cement. (metallurgy) The floor of a reverberatory, open-hearth, cupola, or blast furnace; it is made of refractory material able to support the charge and to collect the molten products. hearth symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738] See : Domesticity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The light from the hearth quivered upon the flowers and foliage that were wrought into its oaken back; and the lion's head at the summit seemed almost to move its jaws and shake its mane. Then he sat down on the hearth among the ashes and they all held their peace, till presently the old hero Echeneus, who was an excellent speaker and an elder among the Phaeacians, plainly and in all honesty addressed them thus: As soon as he got indoors he put the Serpent down on the hearth before the fire. |
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