χόᾰν-ος · choan-os — LSJ
hollow in which metal was placed for melting, melting-pot
hollow in which metal was placed for melting, melting-pot, from which it was run into the mould, φῦσαι δʼ ἐν χοάνοισιν . . ἐφύσων Il. 18.470; κασσίτερος . . ἐν εὑτρήτοις χοάνοισιν θαλφθείς Hes. Th. 863, cf. Emp. 96.1, Hp. Cord. 8, A.R. 3.1299.
2 mould for casting
poet. for λίγδος II, mould for casting metal in, Anacr. 116.
II funnel
= χοάνη I, funnel, Hp. Cord. 2 (χῶνος, as in PLeid.X. 29B., Hsch.).