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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refinery \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
refinery
n : an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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