(1):

(n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

(2):

(n.) Figure; outline; show.

(3):

(n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

(4):

(n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.

(5):

(n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.