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Burning house

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(Metal.) the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites.

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Whilst thinking thus, the two travelers advanced, and began to mingle with a little knot of sailors, who looked on with sorrow at the burning house, but did not dare to say anything on account of the threats of the soldiers.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Everybody was frantic over this loss, and two brave yeomen sacrificed their lives in ransacking the burning house seeking that valuable personage.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
The heat of the burning house caused the iron doors to warp and collapse.
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