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of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.

a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. -- Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. -- Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when…

in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.

steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle. -- To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]

a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

A caldron; a copper kettle. [Obs.] "A furnace of a leed." Chaucer.

ported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.

masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

A kind of kettledrum. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ont of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. Nose bit (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. -- Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer. -- Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a…

Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. Burke.

r, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.

A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen. The meanest scullion that followed his camp. South.

or for culinary or other purposes. Cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking. -- Dry stove. See under Dry. -- Foot stove. See under Foot. -- Franklin stove. See in the Vocabulary. -- Stove plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in…

A kettledrum. See Tymbal.

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.

An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.

A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod. [Written also trevet.]