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hot blast
A blast of heated air forced into a furnace. Also attrib., and short for hot-blast process, etc.
1836J. B. Neilson in Trans. Inst. Civ. Engin. I. 83 Were the Hot Blast generally adopted, the saving..in..coal would be immense. 1860W. Fordyce Coal etc. 112 Neilson..distinguished for his invention of the hot-blast..‘hot⁓blast Iron’ is familiar all over the country. |