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
The cover was removed from the "tryworks" amidships, revealing two gigantic pots set in a frame of brickwork side by side, capable of holding 200 gallons each.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
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
See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps—often but old bottles and vials, though—to the copper cooler at the tryworks, and replenishes them there, as mugs of ale at a vat.
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
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