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单词 potashery
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potasheryn.

Brit. /pəˈtaʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /pəˈtæʃəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: potash n., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < potash n. + -ery suffix, after colliery n., pottery n., etc.
Now historical.
A factory where potash is made. Cf. potash works n. at potash n. Compounds 2.
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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).
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