The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flowing furnace
Flowing \Flow"ing\, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant
by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or
cells.
--Knight.
Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened
to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.
--Totten.