almond furnace

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almond furnace - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Almond furnace \Al"mond fur`nace\ [Prob. a corruption of Almain
     furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain.]
     A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal
     from cinders and other foreign matter. --Chambers.
     [1913 Webster]