smell feast

[Eng.smell, and feast.] 1. One who is quick at finding and frequenting good tables; a parasite. "An intruder, and a common smell - feast , that sponges upon other people's trenchers." -L' Estrange. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors of the viands. směll-Ing, *smell-ynge, pr. par., adj. & subst. [SMELL, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb). C. As substantive: state, and is then subjected to the heat of a blast furnace, along with certain proportions of coke or coal and limestone, varying according to the qual ity and composition of the ore to be heated, [BLAST-FURNACE.] The smelting of copper consists in alternate roastings and fusions. The first of these operations is calcining the ore in furnaces in which the heat is applied, and increased gradually, till the temperature be as high as the ore can support without melting or agglutinating, when the ore is thrown into an arch formed under the sole of the furnace. The second operation, or fusion of the calcined ore, is performed in a luted furnace, the ore having been spread uniformly over the hearth, and fluxes, such as lime, sand, or fluorspar, being added when required, although the nece ity for this addition is sought to be obviated by a careful admixture of ores of different qualities, the several earthy components of which shall serve as fluxes in the fusion of the ma . These two proce es of calcination and fusion are re peated alternately until the ore is completely freed from all the earthy materials, and pure metal is obtained. In smelting lead, the ores, after being sorted, cleansed, ground, and washed, are roasted in furnaces, which are without any blast or blowing apparatus, the ores being separable from the metal by its great fusibility. The smelting of tin "Smelling is another sense, that seems to be wrought on by bodies at a distance." -Locke: Elements of Natural Philosophy , ch. xi. 2. The act of one who smells. after they had been cleaned, sorted, stamped, and washed. smelting-furnace, s. A furnace for disenga- ging the metal from its gangue or the non-met all if- erous portions of the ore. The furuaces differ character.