KILN

kiln. Kiln, n. a stove to dry or burn things in

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Kiln (kĭl), n. [[OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]] 1. 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. 2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.