Definition of Kilns

1. Noun. (plural of kiln) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of kiln) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kilns

1. kiln [v] - See also: kiln

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilns

killogies
killographic
killow
killows
kills
kills time
kills two birds with one stone
killswitch
killswitches
killut
killuts
kiln
kilned
kilning
kilnlike
kilns (current term)
kilo
kilo-
kilo-amp
kilo-joule
kilo-ohm
kilo-ohms
kilo-volt
kilo-volts
kilo-watt
kiloamp
kiloampere
kiloamperes
kiloamps
kilobar

Literary usage of Kilns

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

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The most suitable kilns for the various industries are as follows: Pottery (including glazed tiles) up-draft or connected ovens, or possibly tunnel kilns; ..."

2. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"Fixed or Stationary kilns. The earliest type of kiln used in ... This was largely succeeded by improved types of stationary kilns in Germany and France, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Continuous kilns produce a more evenly fired product than the intermittent kilns usually do, and, of courre, at much less cost for fuel. ..."

4. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"Siegfried, rebuilt its works with three rotary kilns in 1898, and expects build three more this year and to lengthen the present kilns, increasing their ..."

5. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"kilns of this type involve little cost except the labor of building. ... The so-called Dutch kilns are a slight improvement over the ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"That in burning said kilns of brick said defendant company, by its employés and agents, used bituminous coal in considerable ..."

7. Treatise on Ceramic Industries: A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and by Emile Bourry, Wilton P. Rix (1901)
"kilns: General Remarks on kilns. («) The Fireplaces: Fuel— Classification of the Fireplaces—Heating by Wood—Heating by Coal with Fireplaces formed of the ..."

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