Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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It was deserted and guarded only by the fire-pot which trembled between the paving-stones.
Les Miserables 2008
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The fire-pot allowed him to distinguish a blouse, torn trousers of coarse velvet, bare feet, and something which resembled a pool of blood.
Les Miserables 2008
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In lighting his pipe — an odious nocturnal practice of the Japanese — he had fallen over the edge of the fire-pot.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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Quickly he built up a tiny pyramid of the kindling, then blew on the charcoal nuggets in the fire-pot, and when they glowed he crumbled a handful of dried grass on to them.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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Then he unslung the clay fire-pot from the rail of the chariot, and started up the pathway.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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The doctor found his way into the alcove, and looked at the fire-pot.
The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000
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He had seen Onomakritos visiting the place at daybreak, early enough to need a lamp, and bringing a fire-pot to kindle it.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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Where it struck the fire-pot, the rain hissed back in steam, so that Theor entered white billows of fog in which danced tiny sparks.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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Where it struck the fire-pot, the rain hissed back in steam, so that Theor entered white billows of fog in which danced tiny sparks.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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"You boys don't even know how to make a fire in a fire-pot without creating a disturbance," she said.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Margaret Penrose
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