OVEN, a kind of domestic furnace, used for baking
bread, pies, tarts, &c. of a circular structure, with a
very low roof, well lined, both on the top, bottom,
and sides, with stone; it has a small entrance in the
front, which is exactly fitted by a kind of door, which
being clapped to the mouth of the oven confines the
heat, while bread, pies, or puddings, are baking. Over
this, pastry-cooks, &c. have another oven built much
in the same manner, which is used for such things as
require a less degree of heat. Ovens are heated by
burning dry wood, faggots, &c. in them, till all the
parts are equally hot.