Re*fin"er*y (-?), n.; pl. Refineries (-z). [Cf. F. raffinerie.]
1.
The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
2.
A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
© Webster 1913.
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