fire pot

the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 10

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First recorded in 1620–30

They replenished the fire-pot with wood, from a box, and stretched themselves out at length on the floor beside the fire.
Jack Harvey's Adventures|Ruel Perley Smith
Then fire right into the centre; never mind the fire-pot throwers.
Stan Lynn|George Manville Fenn
In front of the largest hut was the fire-pot, slung from a pole over a fire of sticks burning brightly.
Our Little Hungarian Cousin|Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
Further, it is an Agamudaiyan, and not the son of the deceased, who carries the fire-pot to the burial-ground.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

And so they all stopped bravely at home and Hugo alone found out what was in the fire-pot.
Told by the Death's Head|Mr Jkai