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Härtebecken
A large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metalA large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.
Meaning
1 sensesA large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.
Härtebecken
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Large container full of water to quench hot metal when smithing:
Origin
Believed to derive from the word slake, as in slaking the heat.Believed to derive from the word slake, as in slaking the heat.
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