tryworks
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of tryworks
1785–95; try + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)
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Bottles believed to date to the early 1800s are visible around Industry, but no ship's nameplate; what appears to be modern fishing line lies near the metal tryworks used to produce oil from whale fat.
From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022
Bottles believed to date to the early 1800s are visible around Industry, but no ship’s nameplate; what appears to be modern fishing line lies near the metal tryworks used to produce oil from whale fat.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
He saw her before she saw him, saw her face illumined by the light of the flare in the rigging above the tryworks.
From The Sea Bride by Ben Ames Williams
There was a group of men by the tryworks; and Dan'l strolled that way.
From The Sea Bride by Ben Ames Williams
The wind now began to blow steadily from the nor'-west; but not so hard as to stop our tryworks for more than an hour.
From Fighting the Whales by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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