trywork

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noun

A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.

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Meanings

nountrywork (plural tryworks)

plural tryworks · alternative tryworks · alternative try work · alternative try-work

  1. nauticalA furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + work.

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APA

trywork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trywork

MLA

“trywork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trywork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trywork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trywork.

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