tryworks

American  

[trahy-wurks] / ˈtraɪˌwɜrks /

plural noun

1. (in whaling) a furnace in which a kettle try-pot is placed for rendering blubber.

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Etymology

Origin of tryworks

1785–95; try + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Example Sentences

But James P. Delgado, senior vice president of Search Inc., a firm that manages cultural resources such as archaeological sites and artifacts, was interested in this one because the description from the oil contractor mentioned a tryworks, a type of furnace unique to whaling vessels.

From New York Times

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

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

Thereafter the tryworks roared, and the blubber boiled, and the black and stinking smoke of burning oil hung over the seas like a pall....

From Project Gutenberg

For the rest, the convention of the deck kept Brander forward of the tryworks; and Faith never went forward.

From Project Gutenberg