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Aug 15, 2018 · Aug 15, 2018. #1. "He wanted above all,like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace,while the flapping pigeon -winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house." This is from the novel 'FAHRENHEIT 451' by Ray Bradbury. What does the 'old joke' mean?
Nov 20, 2006 · English, US. Nov 20, 2006. #1. what do you call people whose job is manually shoveling coal into the furnace of a steamboat or steam engine? i know coalmen deliver coal and coal miners dig it out of the earth, but is there a specific word for this kind of worker? thanks in advance.
May 8, 2021 · Jawel7 said: The prepositional phrase " for 5$ " is too far away from the main verb it modifies, " sold ", as the relative clause " that I bought for 25$ from one of my friends a few years ago " exists there. So, I feel necessary to put a comma before it. A comma doesn't bring the phrase any closer.
May 6, 2015 · In this case, you need to tell us which part of the furnace the bóveda is. I found this on the wikipedia entry for electric arc furnace: The furnace is primarily split into three sections: the shell, which consists of the sidewalls and lower steel "bowl"; the hearth, which consists of the refractory that lines the lower bowl;
Apr 29, 2008 · Apr 29, 2008. #4. Most of my neighbors have a boiler and a water heater. The boiler provides hot water for the heating system. The hot water heater holds hot water for showers and appliances. The reason for the hot water heater is to provide an adequate amount of hot water for showers. It also tempers the water temperature.
Feb 6, 2018 · Fire as one of the four or more elements of ancient and medieval philosophy and astrology. That is an abstract use. An instance of fire resulting from the controlled and tended burning of fuel and used as a source of heat, as in a fireplace, furnace, oven, etc., or outside in a camp, etc.; fuel in a state of combustion.
Oct 31, 2006 · Heating is the provision of heat. e.g. "This room has inadequate heating; the heater doesn't work very well." However, it might also be short for 'heating system'. This term usually refers to a system, often regulated by a thermostat or other device, that controls several heaters throughout a building.
Jul 20, 2006 · Connecticut. US-English. Jul 20, 2006. #2. Hi Amandla, & welcome to the forums! I found this definition of teazing (this is a new word for me, too) here: The word teaze hearkens back to a time when men were hired to teaze or feed the furnace with fuel. Their job, in effect, was to incite the flames. Accordingly, the figurative sense signals any ...
Sep 2, 2019 · Are we talking about a portable air conditioner, like a window unit? I could see that but I wouldn't call the permanently installed central air conditioning unit that sits outside the back of the house an "appliance". It's more on the level of my furnace or hot water heater, which are more like "building infrastructure" than appliances.
Nov 18, 2020 · LARSAY said: No, for bakers, it is "four", not "fourneau". In fact, a "fourneau" ("furnace") is an installation in which a very high fire melts or calcines a substance (iron ore is melted in a "haut-fourneau" ("blast furnace") to produce cast-iron) You are right Larsay; I was thinking of "fournil". I'll delete that post (if it's not too late).
