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Kiln : (noun)
1: a large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as
porcelain or bricks
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Kiln : \Kiln\, 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, or
drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening
earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber,
etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Kiln, MS (CDP, FIPS 37600)
Location: 30.41654 N, 89.43423 W
Population (1990): 1262 (641 housing units)
Area: 34.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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