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kiln
/kɪln/
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What does kiln mean?
noun
- An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
verb
- To bake in a kiln; to fire.
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He came in the afternoon, and his face, as the kiln glow shone upon it, told the tale sufficiently well.
The people were about to throw themselves upon Abraham and cast him into the lime kiln.
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It is faced all over with encaustic tiles, each made at the kiln a thousand miles away, for the particular place it was to occupy.
The ability to maintain in the kiln a load from five to seven times greater than ordinarily employed, thereby tending to a more economical output.
The white vapour of the kiln was passing from us as we went by, and as I had thought a prayer before, I thought a thanksgiving now.