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OAST (0. Eng. dst, cf. Dutch eest, " kiln "; the Teutonic root is aidh- " to burn"; the pre-Teutonic idh- is seen in Lat. aestus, " heat," aestas, " summer," Gr. atOos, "burning heat")

OAST (0. Eng. dst, cf. Dutch eest, " See also:
KILN (0. E. cylene, from the Lat. culina, a kitchen, cooking-stove)
kiln "; the See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root is aidh- " to See also:
BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)
burn"; the pre-Teutonic idh- is seen in See also:
LAT
Lat. aestus, " See also:
HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)
heat," aestas, " summer," Gr. atOos, "burning heat") , a See also:

KILN (0. E. cylene, from the Lat. culina, a kitchen, cooking-stove)

kiln, particularly one used for drying hops; the word usually appears in the See also:

TERM

term " See also:

OAST (0. Eng. dst, cf. Dutch eest, " kiln "; the Teutonic root is aidh- " to burn"; the pre-Teutonic idh- is seen in Lat. aestus, " heat," aestas, " summer," Gr. atOos, "burning heat")

oast-See also:

house," a See also:

BUILDING

building containing several of such kilns (see See also:

HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

HoP) . " Oast " is also sometimes used of a kiln for drying See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco .

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