| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Furnace bridge | Mining | A barrier of firebricks or an iron-plate chamber filled with water thrown across the furnace at the extreme end of the fire bars to prevent fuel from being carried into the flues and to quicken the draft by contracting the section of the current of hot gas. (references) | |
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