1. (n.) Figure; outline; show.

2. (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

3. (n.) 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.

4. (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

5. (n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

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