reverberatory

reverberatory
/ri verr"beuhr euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj., n., pl. reverberatories.
adj.
1. characterized or produced by reverberation.
2. noting a furnace, kiln, or the like in which the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore, metal, etc., to be heated, but furnishes a flame that plays over the material, esp. by being deflected downward from the roof.
3. deflected, as flame.
n.
4. any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.
[1595-1605; REVERBERATE + -ORY1]

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