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trywork

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. formed as trywork — “try + work”

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA