Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grate with bars at bottom, front, and sides.
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Examples
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"Then you were on the left of the second column at Ramillies -- on that glorious 12th of May," said the Major, drawing the high-backed chair which the host handed him, and spreading out his legs before the fire, which burned merrily in the basket-grate on the hearth, "and latterly --"
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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