Cinder
Cinder (sin"dẽr) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon sinder slag, dross; akin to Icelandic sindr dross, Swedish sinder, German sinter, Dutch sintel; perh. influenced by French cendre ashes, from Latin cinis. Compare Sinter.]
1.
Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.
2.
A hot coal without flame; an ember. — Swift
3.
A scale thrown off in forging metal.
4.
The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.
Collocations (2)
Cinder frame , a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.
Cinder notch (Metallurgy) , the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.