Definition of Ash-pan

1. Noun. A receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed.

Generic synonyms: Receptacle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ash-pan

asfotase
ash-bin
ash-blonde
ash-fire
ash-gray
ash-grey
ash-key
ash-leaf
ash-leaved maple
ash-pan (current term)
ash bin
ash blonde
ash blondes
ash cake
ash cash
ash gourd
ash gray
ash grey
ash tree
ash wednesday
ashake
asham'd
ashame
ashamed

Literary usage of Ash-pan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"This portable auxiliary grate is set in the place occupied by the ash-pan when it IB desired to start a fire in the fire-pot; and when thus placed, ..."

2. The Liability of Railroads to Interstate Employees: A Study of Certain by Philip Joseph Doherty (1911)
"THE ASH PAN LAW. Under the terms of the Employers' Liability Act a railroad company cannot plead the defenses of assumption of risk or contributory ..."

3. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"Water being continually fed to this pan overflows, falling from bar to bar into the ash-pan below. An air-tight or closely-fitting door, with adjustable ..."

4. Official Proceedings (1919)
"REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON "Effect of Proper Upkeep of Ash Pan and Front End Draft Appliances on Fuel Economy" and "Methods Used in Determining Proper Design ..."

5. Reports of Admiralty Cases: Argued and Adjudged in the District Courts of by John Stoughton Newberry (1885)
"It is in proof also that by measurement, the new ash-pan fitted the vessel for which it was made, and that the old one was unfit for service, ..."

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