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slice bar
noun
- a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
slice bar
noun
- an iron bar used for raking out furnaces
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slice bar1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
The tools used for cleaning the fire are the slice bar, Fig.
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Plunging on, he gained the door which led to the engine room as a slice bar was hurled in his direction.
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He seized a slice bar, threw open the furnace door, raked the fire, and commenced shovelling in coal at a rate that almost brought the tears of anguish to his owner's eyes.
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In cleaning a fire, first use the slice bar to loosen up the fire and let the ashes fall through, and also dislodge clinkers from the surface of the bars.
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