asheryn.
/ˈaʃəri/ a. A place where potash or pearlash is manufactured.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > potash
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1831 A. Sherburne Mem. viii. 185 I much wished to set up an ashery.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 690 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.
1859 in J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang.
1884 L. F. 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.
b. An ash-pit.
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1859 in J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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