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Definition of "fire-pot" []

  • A vessel used in ancient warfare to contain combustible fluid, and dropped from the walls or thrown from a military engine. Compare fire-mace. (noun)
  • That part of a furnace in which the fire is made. (noun)
  • A solderers' furnace. (noun)
  • A crucible. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "fire-pot" in a sentence
  • "The fire-pot allowed him to distinguish a blouse, torn trousers of coarse velvet, bare feet, and something which resembled a pool of blood."
  • "It was deserted and guarded only by the fire-pot which trembled between the paving-stones."
  • "In lighting his pipe — an odious nocturnal practice of the Japanese — he had fallen over the edge of the fire-pot."
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