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foreheat

foreheat

English

Verb

foreheat (third-person singular simple present foreheats, present participle foreheating, simple past and past participle foreheated)

  1. (transitive) To heat beforehand or in advance.
    • 1908, American Machinist - Volume 31, Part 1 - Page 320:
      The most recent development in this line is the combination of a foreheating apparatus employing oxygen and hydrogen, with a cutting jet of pure oxygen playing on the surface previously made red hot by this oxyhydrogen jet.
    • 1920, The Milk Dealer - Volume 10 - Page 45:
      The photograph shows the special connections on the first heater section, whereby the milk is foreheated for the clarifier.

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  • foreheater