'Cinder notch' definitions:

Definition of 'Cinder notch'

From: GCIDE
  • Cinder \Cin"der\ (s[i^]n"d[~e]r), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.]
  • 1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A scale thrown off in forging metal. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano. [1913 Webster]
  • Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.
  • Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out. [1913 Webster]