Re-vĕr'ber-a-to-ry1, a.
a. Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; returning, or driving back.
Reverberatory furnace, a furnace so constructed that by means of a dome, or low, arched roof, the flame, in passing from the fire-chamber to the chimney, is reflected or reverberated upon the bed or sole over which the material to be operated on by the flame is spread.