Definition of Killogie

1. the area fronting the fireplace of a kiln [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Killogie

killin'
killing
killing field
killing floor
killing spree
killing sprees
killing time
killing two birds with one stone
killing zone
killingly
killings
killjoy
killjoys
killock
killocks
killogie (current term)
killogies
killographic
killow
killows
kills
kills time
kills two birds with one stone
killswitch
killswitches
killut
killuts
kiln
kilned
kilning

Literary usage of Killogie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"The aperture by which the fuel is put into the kiln, Mearas. This is different from the killogie, as the kill-fuddle is in the interior part of the ..."

2. Publications by Spalding Club, Aberdeen (1850)
"... and this nicht he wes laid in the killogie, haveing Leonard Leslie, ... He is in the killogie ..."

3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"killogie, ». A vacuity before the fire-place in a kiln. V. i.nc.i. ... Shell, the same with S. killogie. KYLOE, ». 1. The designation given to the small ..."

4. Legendary Tales of the Highlands: A Sequel to Highland Rambles by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder (1841)
"But so completely were they deceived by the ruined appearance of the roofless killogie, that they never once thought of the possibility of any one being ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"A vacuity before the fire-place in a kiln, the same as Logic, killogie. ... Kill-it (ie eye) is synon. with killogie, SA OGRESS, ». ..."

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