furnacey

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1. rareResembling or characteristic of a furnace.

   Admittedly, it's not a very Magma-esque sound. / and it's neither fiery nor furnacey.

   2005 February 17, Steven Sullivan, “Re: Pazz & Jop poll is out, btw”, in rec.music.progressive (Usenet), message-ID <cv3avc$n8m$5@reader2.panix.com>

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   Once, at least, the philosopher is mistaken: it wasn't the chimney at all; it was the furnacy land-breezes, which, stealing out from Portsmouth, had wrapped us in a sudden fiery embrace.

   1877, The Literary World: A Review of Current Literature, volume VII

   Life in this great pretzel center is distinguished by the worst television reception enjoyed by any metropolitan American city – not even barring blast-furnacy Pittsburgh, runner-up for ghosts, blizzards, fadeouts and other visual blah.

   1952 May 22, San Francisco News, page 21

   the work-weary pleasure of removing a coat when stepping inside an apartment; / the disappointment of having no fireplace; / the compensation of turning the heat way up. / the furnacy warm air blowing through the vent so differently from cold, haphazard rain.

   1995 April 16, Samuel Pocrass, “Re: yellow raincoat”, in rec.arts.poems (Usenet), message-ID <102@slopoke.win.net>

   I know, yeah, this floor ... / We discussed it once. / Cool, concrete slab. / I lie on it when things are too furnacy / And my shoulders ache.

   1997 October 17, CSTARK1, “Fun With Fenelon”, in talk.philosophy.misc (Usenet), message-ID <01bcdaa8$f66e0ea0$1356edcc@default>

   I was born in May (Mother's Day, in fact), and that's about the time of year I like: winter's over, and summer hasn't yet gone into full furnacey swing.

   2002 March 13, EHursh, “Re: What season(s) do you prefer?”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), message-ID <3C8EF5B6.78F5433@bdexx.com>