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Hor A DICTIONARY OF<br />

HORNACERO, person who assists with, or is in charge <strong>of</strong>, the hornaza.<br />

HORNACHO, (1) shaft <strong>of</strong> a mine, see pozo (2) ; (2) digging for ochre,<br />

sand, etc., or excavation made in the sides <strong>of</strong> hills in looking for ores,<br />

etc., see zanja (1).<br />

HORNADA (batch <strong>of</strong> bread), met. one complete smelting operation<br />

in any one furnace.<br />

HORNAGUEAR, to dig for pit-coal.<br />

HORNAGUERA, pit-coal, hard coal ; terreno de h., coal measures ; h.<br />

apizarrada, slate-coal, see hulla (2).<br />

HORNAGUERO, RA, adj. applied to formation containing pit-coal.<br />

HORNAZA, small furnace [horno (2)] for melting and casting.<br />

HORNERO, furnace-man ; practical smelter.<br />

HORNIJA, small fire-wood (lena) for lighting purposes (Acad.).<br />

HORNILLO, HORNITO, (1) stove, small oven or small furnace [horno<br />

(2)] ; assay, portable furnace ; Mex. furnace <strong>of</strong> the vaso type, see<br />

vaso (2 a) ; (2) blast, chamber used in large blasts (voladuras) ;<br />

(3) Mex. a mud-volcano (Velazquez), see hervidero (2).<br />

HORNO, (1) a kiln ; h. de cal, lime-kiln, see calera (2) ; h. de ladrillo,<br />

brick-kiln, see ladrillera (1) ; (2) a furnace ; alto h. or h. alto, blastfurnace<br />

(Fr. haut fourneau) ; h. acoplado, double hearth- furnace ;<br />

h. castellano, low shaft furnace, see castellano (3) ;<br />

h. cubierto, jacket-<br />

furnace ; h. de afinacion, h. de refinar, finery or refinery furnace ;<br />

h. de calcination, calcining furnace ; h. de copela or de copelar, assay,<br />

muffle-furnace ; met. cupelling-furnace, see copola (1) ; h. de cuba,<br />

shaft-furnace, genera 1<br />

ly a blast-furnace ; h. de cubilote, shaftfurnace<br />

; h. de fundicion, smelting furnace ; h. de gran tiro, high<br />

shaft-furnace (draught-furnace); h. de magistral, Mex. furnace for<br />

roasting copper pyrites (Lyon) ; h. de manga, blast-furnace<br />

(generally low) ; h. de pava, see pava ; h. de reverbero, or de tostadillo,<br />

h. de soplete (2), tuyere (twyer) furnace or blast-<br />

reverberatory furnace ;<br />

furnace.; h. de tiro de aire caliente 6 frio, hot or cold blast-furnace ;<br />

h. de tostar, roasting furnace, syn. Mex. calcin ; h. en actividad,<br />

furnace in blast, see u. calentar ; h. parado, furnace out <strong>of</strong> blast ; h.<br />

soplante, blast-furnace ; h. subterraneo, c.m. vent, furnace ; hornos,<br />

Mex. adobe furnaces ; for varieties see aglomerador, u. aludel, bar-<br />

quina, bocahorno, boliche (5), braguetilla, buitron, caperuza (3),<br />

castellano (3), chacuaco, chimbo, comalillo (1), comillo, copola (1),<br />

galemador (1) and (2), galeme (1), (2) and (3), guaira, hornaza, u. hornillo<br />

(1), huayres, mufla (2), <strong>of</strong>icina (3), pachamanca, quemadero (1), semi-<br />

altos, tocochimbo, vaso (2) ; for parts <strong>of</strong> furnaces, see adobio, u.<br />

asiento (8), atizadero, bigote (1), u. boca (7), bocaza, botador (3), camisa<br />

(2), capitel (2), chacuaco, comalillo (2), copa (2), copela (2), crisol (2),<br />

cruz (9), cuba (4), cubierta (2), dama, delantera, escoriadero, gancho (4),<br />

giiijola, hogar (1), labio (1), ojo (14), pecho (1), pileta (2), piquera, pivote<br />

(1), planchera, planta (5), rejilla (3), reposadero (1), (2) and (3), sifon (2),<br />

tabla (2), timpa,tobera, tragante (4) and (5), vaso (2), vientre ;<br />

for furnace<br />

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