reverberatory adjective & noun. [rɪ'vǝ:b(ǝ)rǝt(ǝ)ri] E17.
[from REVERBERATE: see -ORY², -ORY¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Designating or produced by fire forced or driven back by some contrivance on to the substance which is subjected to its operation. Now rare. E17.

2. Of a furnace, kiln, etc.: so constructed that the flame or heat is forced back on to the substance exposed to it. L17.
b. noun. A reverberatory furnace or kiln. M17.

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