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Cinder notch

Cinder \Cin"der\ (s[i^]n"d[~e]r), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.]

  1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

  2. A hot coal without flame; an ember.
    --Swift.

  3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.

  4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.

    Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.

    Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.