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Definition of Oasthouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oasthouse
Literary usage of Oasthouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1847)
"Mr. BUTLER described an oasthouse he had built in Mid Kent against a bank, ...
Mr. HAGUE said about fifteen years ago he had altered an oasthouse on the ..."
2. Fleet Street Eclogues by John Davidson (1895)
"Crowned by the yellow oasthouse from whose cowl Banners and scarfs of fleecy
smoke hang out, And busked with serried, tawny-clustered ..."
3. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1901)
"6d. per cent. third-class; and this is but common sense, for why should the
building of a thatched oasthouse be accepted at 5s. per cent., while 10s. ..."
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