单词 | potashery |
释义 | potasheryn. Now historical. A factory where potash is made. Cf. potash works n. at potash n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > potash potash works1632 potashery1799 ashery1831 1799 Canada Constellation (Niagara) 8 Nov. 4/1 For field ashes, 9d. at the potashery, and 6d. if he goes for them. 1846 G. Warburton Hochelaga I. 263 Potasheries, tanneries, breweries, iron-works, paper-works, and others. 1868 Sci. Amer. 16 Dec. 386 The western villages of this State could almost universally claim a potashery, either in an active or extinct state. 1882 W. M. Thayer From Log Cabin to White House 150 A pot-ashery was an establishment containing vats for leeching ashes, and large kettles for boiling the lye. 1930 Canad. Hist. Rev. 11 39 The only buildings were..two saw-mills, a carding shop, a potashery, [etc.]. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Dec. 60/2 A syndicate of Liverpool-Manchester merchants..opened potasheries in New York and Philadelphia. 2002 Canad. Corp. Newswire (Nexis) 15 Nov. Four years later he..created a company in order to build a brewery and a potashery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799 |
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