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kiln

Part of Speech: noun

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1. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

2. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

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And the idea of turning his Serapeum into a kiln does not appeal to him. - "The Book of Khalid", Ameen Rihani.
The tiles, both round and square, were made under the great elms opposite the gateway, in a vast green arbor bounded by the roofs of the drying- shed, and near this last the yawning mouth of the kiln was visible. - "The Country Doctor", Honore de Balzac.
Kilns were of two sorts: the English kiln made of wood, lath, and clay; the French of brick, lime, and sand, not so liable to burn as the former and therefore better. - "A Short History of English Agriculture", W. H. R. Curtler.

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