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Hypocaust
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hypocaust'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hypocaust.html. 1828.