# trywork

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trywork