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ashery|ˈæʃərɪ|
[f. ash n.2 + -ery.]
a. A place where potash or pearlash is manufactured.
b. An ash-pit.
1831A. Sherburne Memoirs viii. 185, I much wished to set up an ashery. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 690 Manufacturies for reducing common ashes into pots and pearls are sometimes erected on a pretty large scale; in such cases, the individual to whom the ‘ashery’ belongs buys up all the ashes in the district. 1859in Worcester. 1884L. F. & R. L. Allen New Amer. Farm Bk. 62 Spent lye of the asheries, is the liquid which remains after the combination of the lye and grease in manufacturing soap. |