limekiln

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈlaɪmˌkɪln/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A furnace used to produce lime (quicklime and slaked lime) from limestone.
    — Thou mightst as well say I love to walk by the Counter-gate, which is as hateful to me as the reek of a lime-kiln.
  2. A burning sensation. figuratively,obsolete
    — Now, the rotten diseases of the south, the guts-griping, ruptures, catarrhs, loads o’ gravel i’ the back, lethargies, cold palsies, raw eyes, dirt-rotten livers, wheezing lungs, bladders full of imposthume, sciaticas, limekilns i’ the palm, incurable bone-ache, and the rivelled fee-simple of the tetter, take and take again such preposterous discoveries!

词形变化

limekilns plural lime-kiln alternative lime kiln alternative

词汇关系

相关词
limeburner lime burning Limekilns

词源

Etymology tree
English lime
English kiln
English limekiln
From lime + kiln.
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