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Webster 1913 Edition

Oast

Oast

(ōst)
,
Noun.
[OE.
ost
, AS.
āst
; cf. Gr.
αἶθοσ
burning heat.]
A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oast

OAST

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oast

oast

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oast ‎(plural oasts)

  1. (Britain) a kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops

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From Middle English ost, from Old English āst ‎(“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz ‎(“kiln”), from *aisǭ ‎(“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- ‎(“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest ‎(“kiln”), Middle Low German eiste ‎(“kiln”), Latin aedes ‎(“house; hearth”), Old English ād ‎(“fire; funeral pyre”).

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