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Gast vs Oast - What's the difference?

gast | oast |

As nouns the difference between gast and oast

is that gast is a guest while oast is (british) a kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

gast

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To frighten
    • And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame
    Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear

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    oast

    English

    Alternative forms

    * east * oust

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) a kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops

    • Related terms

    * hop * hop garden * hopping * oast house

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