单词 | try-works |
释义 | > as lemmastry-works try-works n. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪwəːks/ , U.S. /ˈtraɪˌwərks/ the apparatus used for ‘trying’ oil from blubber.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > equipment for extracting oil from blubber try-works1792 try-pot1795 trying-pot1843 seal-vat1853 scrap-hopper1879 1792 Z. Macy Jrnl. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1810) 1st Ser. III. 157 The oil [was] boiled out in the try works at sea. c1825 J. Choyce Log of Jack Tar (1891) 198 A native trying to steal a brass cock from the try-works. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ ii. 11 Her deck was flush fore and aft, the only obstructions being the brick-built ‘try-works’ in the waist. < as lemmas |
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