tryworks

[ trahy-wurks ]

/ ˈtraɪˌwɜrks /

(in whaling) a furnace in which a kettle (try-pot ) is placed for rendering blubber.

Origin of tryworks

1785–95; try + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

trysail, trysail mast, try square, tryst, trysting place, tryworks, Ts, tsade, Tsakonian, Tsana, tsantsa

He saw her before she saw him, saw her face illumined by the light of the flare in the rigging above the tryworks.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
For the rest, the convention of the deck kept Brander forward of the tryworks; and Faith never went forward.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
There was a group of men by the tryworks; and Dan'l strolled that way.
The Sea Bride|Ben Ames Williams
The wind now began to blow steadily from the nor'-west; but not so hard as to stop our tryworks for more than an hour.
Fighting the Whales|R. M. Ballantyne

单词	tryworks
释义	tryworks [ trahy-wurks ] / ˈtraɪˌwɜrks / plural noun (in whaling) a furnace in which a kettle (try-pot ) is placed for rendering blubber. Origin of tryworks 1785–95; try + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”) Words nearby tryworks trysail, trysail mast, try square, tryst, trysting place, tryworks, Ts, tsade, Tsakonian, Tsana, tsantsa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tryworks He saw her before she saw him, saw her face illumined by the light of the flare in the rigging above the tryworks. The Sea Bride\|Ben Ames Williams For the rest, the convention of the deck kept Brander forward of the tryworks; and Faith never went forward. The Sea Bride\|Ben Ames Williams There was a group of men by the tryworks; and Dan'l strolled that way. The Sea Bride\|Ben Ames Williams The wind now began to blow steadily from the nor'-west; but not so hard as to stop our tryworks for more than an hour. Fighting the Whales\|R. M. Ballantyne
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