athanor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: athanor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for athanor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
athanor n a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Athanor \Ath"a*nor\, n. [F., fr. Ar. at-tann[d4]r, fr. Heb. tann[d4]r an oven or furnace.] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. --Chambers.