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Webster 1913 Edition


Heater

Heat′er

(hēt′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, heats.
2.
Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.
Feed heater
.
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Feed
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heater

HE'ATER

,
Noun.
He or that which eats.
1.
A triangular mass of iron, which is heated and put into a box-iron to heat it and keep it hot, for ironing or smoothing clothes. [This utensil is going into disuse.]