Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caldron"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caldron \Cal"dron\, n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF.
caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi[`e]re,
LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr.
caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr.
[,c]r[=a] to boil. Cf. {Chaldron}, {Calaric}, {Caudle}.]
A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written
also {cauldron}.] ``Caldrons of boiling oil.'' --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caldron
n : a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: {cauldron}]
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