usinen.
/juːˈziːn/ A factory; esp. in later use, a West Indian sugar factory. In first quot. the word is misapplied.
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mill1403
work1581
factory1618
manufacture1623
manuary1625
manufactory1641
fabric1656
hong1726
plant1789
machinery1799
usine1858
oficina1889
officina1906
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > place where
ingenio1600
sugar-house1600
sugar-works1604
sugar-garden1613
sugary1696
sugar-bakery1794
sugar-bakehouse1816
purgery1844
usine1858
1798 W. Eton Surv. Turkish Empire 216 Their furnaces are of usine, which is particularly adapted to the casting of iron.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 396/2 Usine, a glass-house; an iron-work.
1878 Times 10 May 4/3 Furnaces and vast usines.
1888 Daily News 13 Apr. 5/4 Of these usines, or crushing factories, there are already several in Trinidad, St. Lucia, and British Guiana.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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