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Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
cyln
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Kiln — (k[i^]ln or k[i^]l), n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See {Coal}.] 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kiln — noun Etymology: Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, from Latin culina kitchen, from coquere to cook more at cook Date: before 12th century an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
kiln — (n.) O.E. cyln, cylen kiln, oven, from L. culina kitchen, cooking stove, unexplained variant of coquere to cook (see COOK (Cf. cook) (n.)). O.N. kylna, Welsh cilin probably are from English … Etymology dictionary
