trywork

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See also: try-work and try work

English

A trywork on display at the Southampton Historical Museum

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Etymology

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

Noun

trywork (plural tryworks)

  1. (nautical) A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots.

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