Shā'drāch, n.

(-drāk), n. A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect.

☞ The name is derived from that of one of the three persons thrown into the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, as described in the following passage of Scripture. “Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains . . . saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.” Dan. iii. 26, 27.