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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.

2. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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