| 单词 | coal kiln |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal kiln coal kiln n. (a) a furnace for making wood into charcoal (now chiefly Jamaican); (b) a kiln fuelled with coal, as opposed to wood, gas, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > charcoal furnace or kiln coal kiln1534 charcoal-furnace1801 meiler1839 charcoal-oven1878 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 69v Nestorius whiles he dothe dylygently eschewe this lyme kylle, he felle into the colekylne. 1776 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 17 Jan. in Jrnl. 1775–6 (1934) 162 A Fog of Smoke rises from off it as from a Coal Kiln. 1794 Ann. Agric. 22 274 There is great facility and expedition in drawing out the lime from the coal-kilns. 1894 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 5 Dec. 7/2 Holly and others..passed a coal kiln where the witness was at work. 1906 Jrnl. Gas Lighting 30 Oct. 312/2 Whereas the firing of a single coal-kiln..would cost £9 1s. 4d., the firing of each square gas-kiln..would only cost £1 6s. 4d. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk v. 78 In Jamaica there are not only lime-kilns but coal-kilns (or coal-skill) for the burning of charcoal, which is called fire-coal. 2010 R. A. Baker Caterpillars don't become Butterflies 17 A butcher, a coal kiln, a community water tank. < as lemmas |
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