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reˈheating, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of imparting heat again to a substance; also, the material by which this is effected.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Garden, This Reheating will reciprocally be kept up..by the Neighbourhood of the two adjoining Beds; but when the Bed is single, the Reheating should be two Foot broad at least. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 233/1 The principal object of the subsequent reheating in the granulator is to bring it into a favourable state for removal to the moulds. 1884W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 359 During the reheating of piles or of ingots they are moved about a little.
b. attrib., as reheating furnace, reheating oven, etc.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 168 There are two re-heating or annealing furnaces. Ibid. 707 In the re-heating ovens, the loss is from 8 to 10 per cent. on the large bar iron. 1884W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 361 Reheating furnaces burning gaseous fuel. |