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A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.

Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.

A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. Kitchen garden. See under Garden. -- Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] " A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford. -- Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne.

A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. He had a cross of latoun full of stones. Chaucer.

Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

of elevation, as 45º, and even higher; - - so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar. -- Mortar boat or vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mo…

A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.

Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.

One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith. Shak.

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.

kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

A apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.

A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.

A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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 dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] Tyndale. Armed ship, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- General ship. See under General. -- Ship biscuit, hard biscuit pre…

A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." Chaucer.