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Definition of Cauldron
1. Noun. A very large pot that is used for boiling.
Definition of Cauldron
1. Noun. A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cauldron
1. caldron [n -S] - See also: caldron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauldron
Literary usage of Cauldron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"The Divination by a cauldron—Illusion of Fiery Demons—Specimen of a Magical
Invocation. But neither shall I be silent respecting that piece of knavery ..."
2. The Canadas in 1841 by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1841)
"... View into the cauldron—The Great Fall from the Sturgeon Rocks—A Newfoundland
Dog in the Falls—Singular Diving Bird—The Falls from above the cauldron. ..."
3. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1867)
"So the Raja ordered his son to be thrown into the cauldron, ... and when he was
cast into the cauldron, the boiling oil ceased to bubble up, ..."
4. The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient by John O'Donovan, Ireland) Trinity College (Dublin, Library (1842)
"It is not difficult to tell It was the " caire," or cauldron, which was used to
return his own proper ... It was a cauldron of this description that was at ..."
5. Ancient Irish Minstrelsy by William Hamilton Drummond (1852)
"Sharon Turner says "the cauldron was a part of the bardic mythology, ... The second
of the Mabinogion, or Welsh Tales, mentions a magic cauldron which had ..."
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