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Definition of Caldron
1. Noun. A very large pot that is used for boiling.
Definition of Caldron
1. n. A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]
Definition of Caldron
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cauldron) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caldron
1. a large kettle or boiler [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caldron
Literary usage of Caldron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1891)
"For 1 caldron 20 to 25 of these earthen pots are employed. The caldron is nearly
filled from these pots ; and when the extract in the caldron is reduced to ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1891)
"V. MY WITCHES' caldron. II. I AM suddenly conscious as I write that my experiences
are very partial ; a witch's caldron must needs after all contain ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale (1849)
"together again, like a pipe, and hung by chains at the end of it a caldron, into
which was placed an iron bellows-pipe, inclining from the beam, ..."
4. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"The caldron is quickly corroded when such substances as those previously specified,
namely, copperas, alum, etc., are used in the process, as in the case of ..."
5. Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition by Patrick Fairbairn (1855)
"THE VISION OF THE BOILING caldron, AND OF THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL'S WIFE. Verse 1.
And the word of Jehovah came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, ..."
6. Prehistoric Scotland and Its Place in European Civilization: Being a General by Robert Munro (1899)
"The only important hoard of the Iron Age as yet found in Scotland was a collection
of implements and tools contained in a bronze caldron (fig. ..."
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