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trywork

trywork noun: a furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.

trywork: a furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and...
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Noun

trywork (plural tryworks)

  1. A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.

Forms of trywork

pluraltryworks
alternative formtryworks
alternative formtry work
alternative formtry-work

Origin of trywork

From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + work.

Questions about trywork

What does trywork mean?
Trywork means a furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.
What part of speech is trywork?
Trywork is a noun.
What is the plural of trywork?
The plural of trywork is tryworks.

Words near trywork in the dictionary

  1. Trysull
  2. Trysull and Seisdon
  3. tryte
  4. trytes
  5. trytophan
  6. trywork
  7. tryworks
  8. tryzub
  9. tryzubs
  10. Trzaskowski
  11. Trzcinski

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