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Tile kiln

Tile \Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]

  1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

  2. (Arch.)

    1. A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

    2. A plate of metal used for roofing.

  3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

  4. A draintile.

  5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.]
    --Dickens.

    Tile drain, a drain made of tiles.

    Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.]

    Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.

    Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.

    Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.

    Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.

Usage examples of "tile kiln".

Chaka smeared a trace of the dropping sample on an analyzer sheet, and ran it into tile kiln.