calcinern.
/kalˈsʌɪnə/ 1. One who calcines.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who burns > who calcines
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spodizator1694
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1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xxix A Calciner of Ashes.
2. An apparatus for calcining; spec. a kiln or furnace for roasting ore.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > for roasting or calcining ores
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roaster1837
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 502/1 The charge of ore usually put into the calciner weighs about three..tons.
1870 Eng. Mech. 21 Jan. 447/3 There are two calciners in use [in roasting copper ore], one of them known as an ‘open’, and the other as a ‘blind’ calciner.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 842.
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