Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A factory for tiles; a tile-works.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
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- noun A place where
tiles aremanufactured orfired .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This was the plan adopted in a tilery near Dublin, some years ago.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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Probably the most positive effect of the foregoing description, on the mind of any man who contemplates establishing a tilery, will be to cause him to visit some successful manufactory, during the busy season, and examine for himself the mode of operation.
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* — Such a tilery as is described above should have a drying shed from 60 to 80 feet long, and from 12 to 18 feet wide.
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If a personal examination of a successful tilery is impracticable, it will be necessary to employ a practical brick-maker, or potter, to direct the construction and operation of the works, and in any case, this course is advisable.
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Her father was a security guard at the Lucas factory, which also stood upon the grounds and her great-great-grandfather was the manager of the tilery works at the end of Walkmill Lane.
Star Tim Walters 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word tilery
Get thee to a tilery!
November 11, 2015