zinc furnace, n.

zinc-furnace
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zinc furnacenoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zinc furnace come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zinc furnace is in the 1870s.

OED's only evidence for zinc furnace is from 1878, in a dictionary by Robert Hunt, chemist and photographer, and F. W. Rudler.

### Nearby entries

1. zinc-amide, n. 1859–
2. zincate, n. 1872–
3. zinc-blende, n. 1842–
4. zinc-bloom, n. 1842–
5. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
6. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
7. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
8. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
9. zinc finger, n. 1987–
10. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
11. zinc furnace, n.1878–
12. zinc green, n. 1847–
13. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
14. zincian, adj. 1930–
15. zincic, adj. 1860–
16. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
17. zincification, n. 1891–
18. zincify, v. 1801–
19. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
20. zincite, n. 1854–
21. zinckenite, n. 1835–

## Meaning & use

1. 1878–
   See zinc n. Compounds.
   1. 1878

      > Zinc Furnace for the Distillation of Zinc combined with Lead.

      R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler, Ure's Dictionary of Arts (ed. 7) vol. IV. 1006

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.