seasoning

  • 131dry kiln — noun a kiln for drying and seasoning lumber • Hypernyms: ↑kiln * * * noun : a heated chamber for drying and seasoning cut lumber * * * an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber. [1905 10] * * * dry kiln, an enclosure in which… …

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  • 132Above the salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …

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