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oast

  [ohst]
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–noun Chiefly British.
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME ost, OE āst; c. D eest
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oast   (ōst)   
n.  A kiln for drying hops or malt or drying and curing tobacco.

[Middle English ost, from Old English āst.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Oast\ ([=o]st), n. [OE. ost, AS. [=a]st; cf. Gr. a'i^qos burning heat.] A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. --Mortimer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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