A kiln; (in later use) spec. one used to dry hops or malt; a building housing this.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [noun] > kiln (16) oastOE A kiln; (in later use) spec. one used to dry hops or malt; a building housing this. malt-kiln1538 a kiln in which barley, etc., is dried after steeping and germinating. malting kiln1641 = malt-kiln n. at malt, n.1 compounds 2. east1669 = oast, n. plate kiln1738 a form of malt-kiln. cockle oast1743 General use as a modifier, as cockle oast, cockle stove, etc. hop-kiln1784 a kiln for drying hops; an oast. hop-oast1818 a kiln for drying hops (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). cockle stove1877 General use as a modifier, as cockle oast, cockle stove, etc. sirocco1890 elliptical. A sirocco drying-machine (see sirocco drying-machine n. at compounds 2). Subcategories:— parts of (6) |
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