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verb

Heat v. t. (past & past part. heated; pres. part. heating)

To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like. "Heat me these irons hot."

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish. "Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood."

To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions. "A noble emulation heats your breast."

Heat v. i.

To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.

To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

adjective

Heating adj. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.

Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; called also fire surface.

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Etymology of 'Heating'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Heating" Quotes from Famous Books

... had a turn at the ironwork. There was odd work that we could do while the 'smiths' were heating and hammering at the more important sections. We made a feeble show, most of us; but Joe Granger gained honour in suggesting ways and showing how things were done. It was the time of Granger's life. He was not even a good ...

— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone

... Kamtchatkans say that when the mountain goblins have got their stoves well heated up, they throw overboard, with true barbaric shiftlessness, all the brands not needed for immediate use, which makes a volcanic eruption. So when it is summer on earth, it is winter in heaven; and the gods, after heating up their stoves, throw away their spare kindlingwood, which ...

— Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology • John Fiske

... dangerous fire. Our lime-burner is heating his kiln, no doubt. It is a newly-started industry, which turns our heather ...

— The Country Doctor • Honore de Balzac

... for his gallantry. The prize, which had been launched only six months, was 150 tons larger than any British-built frigate, and superior to any captured one, except the Pomone. She had a furnace for heating shot, which the enemy had used in the action. She was commissioned by the Commodore's early friend. Captain Frank Cole, and attached to the squadron. It would have added to the interest Sir Edward ...

— The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth • Edward Osler

... improvement of the dormitories was begun by the installation of adequate systems of sanitary plumbing and electric lights. By arrangement with Freedmen's Hospital the heating and lighting plant was enlarged at a cost of approximately $100,000 to such capacity that steam and current were supplied to all the University buildings. In addition to these improvements in housing and equipment, the grounds were improved and beautified in accordance with a definite scheme.[526] ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 • Various

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