Kĭln, n.

(kĭl), n. [A.-S. cyln, cylene, cyline, W. cyl, cylyn.]

1Sense 1. A large stove or oven; a fabric of brick or stone which may be heated for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying any thing; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain or meal.

2Sense 2. A pile of brick constructed for burning or hardening; — called also brick-kiln. [Formerly written also kell, and kill.]