单词 | melting house |
释义 | > as lemmasmelting house melting house n. a building in which the process of melting is carried out, esp. a mint. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > building or room containing furnace melting house1431 fire room1657 society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > mint > parts of bullion1336 melting house1431 rolling room1816 1431 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 16 (MED) Le meltynghouse. 1541 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 290 The melting hous. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 23 Surveyor of the melting-house. 1778 J. Miller in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1807) I. 241 I should refer the three Roman numerals as a melting-house mark..to the number of Pigs melted. 1854 Hull Improv. Act 33 Any candle-house, melting-house, melting-place or soap-house. 1967 A. K. Osborne Encycl. Iron & Steel Industry 97/2 The melting hole..is a refractory-lined chamber,..the top being level with the floor of the melting house in which the work of charging and teeming is carried out. < as lemmas |
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