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Definition of Quencher
1. n. One who, or that which, quenches.
Definition of Quencher
1. Noun. Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quencher
1. one that quenches [n -S] - See also: quenches
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quencher
Literary usage of Quencher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"If a sizable percentage of excited molecules are formed with quencher molecules
as nearest neighbors, both diffusional and static quenching will occur ..."
2. A Treatise on Producer-gas and Gas-producers by Samuel S. Wyer (1906)
"quencher. The quencher is shown in actual operation in Fig. 85. The coke is
received in the quencher, which is a rectangular box of cast iron with cellular ..."
3. A Treatise on Producer-gas and Gas-producers by Samuel S. Wyer (1907)
"quencher. The quencher is shown in actual operation in Fig. 85. The coke is
received in the quencher, ..."
4. A Short Treatise on the Destructive Distillation of Bituminous Coal: With by United Coke and Gas Company, New York (1906)
"A FORM of coke quencher, shown in Figure 23, known as the Moore quencher, ...
When it is desired to push an oven of coke, the quencher is placed exactly in ..."
5. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"1840. DICKENS, Old Curiosity Shop, XXXV. A MODEST quencher. 1856. ... We must
really take a MODEST quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst. ..."
6. The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material: Being a Treatise on the by George Frederick Zimmer (1922)
"It consists of a quencher a closed at the top and ends, and extending the full
width of the hearth. It is made of deeply corrugated boiler plate, ..."
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