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Definition of Caldrons
1. caldron [n] - See also: caldron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caldrons
Literary usage of Caldrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"The knight saw, moreover, as his conductors dragged him away, a house containing
numerous large caldrons, which were full of liquid pitch, sulphur, ..."
2. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"The caldrons containing the joints of boiled meat, which were often of very great
size, stood over a fire upon the hearth, supported on stones^f, ..."
3. The Works of Flavius Josephus ...: To which are Added, Three Dissertations by Flavius Josephus (1825)
"Hard by this altar lay the basons, and the vials, and the censers, and the
caldrons, made of gold; but the other vessels, made for the use of the sacrifices ..."
4. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"VESSELS, caldrons, ETC. OF the various forms of fictile vessels which were in
use at the same period as daggers and other weapons formed of bronze, ..."
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