Kiln

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

II. Kiln ·noun 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.