Definitions for: Kiln


[n] a large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks



Webster (1913) Definition: Kiln, n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to
Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]
1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a
heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or
drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening
earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber,
etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

See Also: brickkiln, dry kiln, limekiln, muffle, oast, oven

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