burning house

noun

The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.

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Meanings

nounburning house (plural burning houses)

plural burning houses

  1. The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.
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