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单词 try-works
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try-works
try-works n.
Brit. /ˈtrʌɪwəːks/
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U.S. /ˈtraɪˌwərks/
the apparatus used for ‘trying’ oil from blubber.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > equipment for extracting oil from blubber
try-works1792
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trying-pot1843
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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.
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