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reˈverberating, ppl. a.
[f. the verb + -ing2.]
That reverberates, in various senses of the verb.
1632Lithgow Trav., The Reuerberating Eccho auoyded the sense of our words. 1746Hervey Medit. (1818) 192 While reverberating Clouds return the roar. 1821Southey King's Visit to Ireland, With the still reverberating din, The walls and solid pavement seem'd to shake. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 134 To witness the event which the reverberating earth and steaming water seemed to prognosticate.
b. reverberating furnace, reverberating fire, etc. (Cf. reverberatory a. 2.)
1650French tr. Paracelsus' Nat. Things viii. 85 Thou shall boil this Metalline regulus in a reverberating furnace. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 80/2 Change your Receiver, and distil with a reverberating Fire for twenty four Hours more. 1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 253 The retort must be placed in a reverberating furnace. 1821Ure Dict. Chem. s.v. Laboratory, Fig. 2 is a reverberatory furnace,..c c dome or reverberating roof of the furnace. 1831Holland Manuf. Metal I. 81 These are then placed in a reverberating furnace. |