Definition for HYP'O-CAUST

HYP'O-CAUST, n. [Gr. υποκαυστον; υπο and καιω, to burn.]

  1. Among the Greeks and Romans, a subterraneous place where was a furnace to heat baths.
  2. Among the moderns, the place where a fire is kept to warm a stove or a hot-house. Encyc.

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