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1Hearth — with cooking utensils In common historic and modern usage, a hearth (  / …
2hearth — O.E. heorð hearth, fire, in transferred use house, home, from W.Gmc. *hertho burning place (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. herth, M.Du. hert, Du. haard, Ger. Herd floor, ground, fireplace ), from PIE *kerta , from root *ker heat, fire (see C …
3heat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. high temperature (see heat); passion, rage, vehemence; rut, mating period. See sex, excitement. Ant., cold. II Quality of warmth Nouns 1. heat, caloric; warmth, ardor, fervor, fervency; incalescence …
4hearth — noun Etymology: Middle English herth, from Old English heorth; akin to Old High German herd hearth, and probably to Sanskrit kūḍayāti he scorches Date: before 12th century 1. a. a brick, stone, or concrete area in front of a fireplace b. the… …
5hearth — [OE] Etymologically, hearth seems to mean ‘burning place’. It has been suggested that its West Germanic ancestor *kherthaz, which also produced German herd and Dutch haard, may be connected with Latin cremāre ‘burn’ (source of English cremate… …
6hearth — [OE] Etymologically, hearth seems to mean ‘burning place’. It has been suggested that its West Germanic ancestor *kherthaz, which also produced German herd and Dutch haard, may be connected with Latin cremāre ‘burn’ (source of English cremate… …
7hearth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fireside, fireplace; ingle[nook]; family [circle]. See heat, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A fireplace] Syn. grate, fireside, hearthstone; see fireplace . 2. [Home] Syn. dwelling, abode, residence;… …
8Open hearth furnace — Engineering portal …
9open-hearth process — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls. [1885 90] * * * or Siemens Martin process Steelmaking… …
10Open hearth — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… …
