athanor
[ ath-uh-nawr ]
/ ˈæθ əˌnɔr /
noun Alchemy.
a digester furnace with a self-feeding fuel supply contained in a towerlike contrivance, ensuring a constant, durable temperature.
Origin of athanor
1425–75; late Middle English ≪ Arabic
at tannūr the furnace
Words nearby athanor
athame,
athanasia,
athanasian,
athanasian creed,
athanasius,
athanor,
athapascan,
athapaskan,
athar,
atharva-veda,
atheism
Example sentences from the Web for athanor
Or Athanor, a chemical stove, which works on for a long time without poking.
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) |Jean Paul Friedrich RichterThe draught affects the furnace—my Athanor, as we adepts term it.
Auriol |W. Harrison AinsworthA, shows an athanor (or digesting furnace) and a couple of digesting vessels.
Alchemy: Ancient and Modern |H. Stanley RedgroveWe know of the athanor of the alchemists of the middle ages.
Inventions in the Century |William Henry Doolittle