Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pan or other receptacle for holding fire or live coals.
- noun A fire-pot; a grate.
- noun A pan or crate used to carry fire in fire-hunting.
- noun In the English version of the Bible, used to translate a Hebrew word elsewhere rendered “censer” and “snuff-dish.”
- noun In a firelock, the receptacle for the priming-powder.
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Examples
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At the doorway was placed a large copper fire-pan, with coffee-pots singing a welcome to visitors.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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My master bought a strong, ambling mule for his own riding; whilst I was provided with a horse, which, besides myself, bore the _kaliân_ [2] (for he adopted the Persian style of smoking), the fire-pan and leather bottle, the charcoal, and also my own wardrobe.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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When evening came there would be a fire-pan lighted in the middle of the room and we children would sit around it That was our chandelier.
Armenian Literature Anonymous
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The Reverend Richard Eastcott, in his "Sketches of the Origin, Progress and Effects of Music," told of a "gentleman of very considerable understanding," who was heard to declare that the rattling of a fire-pan and tongs was as grateful to his feelings as the best concert he ever heard.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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Should this happen, the fire-pan was sent to a neighbor for coals, or the tin lantern with a candle for a light.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various
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Over the fire-pan there was a rack, and from the rack a stone pan hung down over the lamp-flame.
The Eskimo Twins 1914
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A short, cylindrical opening was made at the lower extremity, and under this a fire-pan was suspended, above the passenger car of the balloon.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Is a little wooden fire-pan, not essential but convenient; its thin edge is put under the notch to catch the powder that falls.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Atonement were of gold, and were denoted by a word (mahtah) meaning "something to take fire with;" LXX. pureion = a fire-pan.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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And the king said to Setna, "Take back the book to the grave of Na. nefer.ka.ptah, like a prudent man, or else he will make you bring it with a forked stick in your hand, and a fire-pan on your head."
Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897
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