Shadrachn.
/ˈʃadrak/, /ˈʃeɪdrak/, U.S. /ˈʃædˌræk/ 1. See quot. 1847. Cf. salamander n. 3.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > iron unaffected by smelting
Shadrach1847
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shadrach, in the smelting of iron, a mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect.
2. (See quots.) local.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > devices to provide or adjust draught
fan1530
register plate1715
register1744
damper1788
Shadrach1827
draught1870
phukni1959
1827 in S. Holland Mem. Sydney Smith (1855) I. 259 His fires are blown into brightness by Shadrachs, tubes furnished with air from without, opening into the centre of the fire.
1954 D. Hartley Food in Eng. iv. 46 In some places, a draught is obtained by shadrack, an underground arrangement like a small blast furnace through which the blast of a rotary fan is carried under the [peat] fire.
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