English Dictionary:
- A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory
substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and
calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals,
ores, etc.
- A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
- A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
- A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
- A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
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