'Flowing furnace' definitions:

Definition of 'Flowing furnace'

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  • Flowing \Flow"ing\, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [1913 Webster]
  • Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. --Knight.
  • Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
  • Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. --Totten. [1913 Webster]