boilary
boilary is the archaic form of boilery.
Meaning of boilery
Noun
boilery (plural boileries)
- A buisness (and place of business) that engages primarily in boiling, such as in the boiling of sugarcane juice to make sugar, the boiling of brine to make salt, the boiling of soap or tallow, the boiling of bones to make glue, etc.
- Holonyms: saltworks; sugarhouse
- Synonyms:
- boiling-house
- A room or area where there is equipment for boiling that is part of a larger establishment, such as equipment for rendering blubber on board a whaling vessel, or vats for boiling laundry as part of a large farmhouse.
- The time has gone by when a boilery for urine was regarded as indispensable for a physician's scientific progress, and I dare say we are all grateful for this deliverance.1875, Theodore Juergensen, “Croupous Pneumonia, Catarrhal Pneumonia, Hypostatic Processes in the Lungs, and Embolic Pneumonia”, in Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine - Volume 5, page 98
Forms of boilary
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Questions about boilary
- What is boilary the archaic form of?
- Boilary is the archaic form of boilery.
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