pot-lid

We had a thaw for three days, then a monstrous dirt and snow, and now it freezes, like a pot-lid, upon our snow.

The Journal to Stella 2003

A pot-lid clashed inside the house, and a tall negress, dressed in a blue-striped Mother Hubbard, came to the door.

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

Antoine drew off his mittens with businesslike precision, and placed a huge, capable hand on a pot-lid, lifted it, and eyed the contents of the saucepan.

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

"There's nothing like an onion!" said the Tinker, lifting pot-lid to lunge at the bubbling contents with an inquisitorial fork.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

We had a thaw for three days, then a monstrous dirt and snow, and now it freezes, like a pot-lid, upon our snow.

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

Then the squall swooped and struck, and the sky shut down over the troubled ocean like a pot-lid over a boiling pot.

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

So one stood forward, with sword and pot-lid, and made a cut at Tom.

Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot-lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mrs. Cruncher, in case he should observe any symptoms of her saying Grace.

A Tale of Two Cities 1859

Before departing to the preaching-ground, he had arranged a slow fire, on which a savory stew had been all the morning simmering, and which, on the taking off of the pot-lid, diffused an agreeable odor through the place.

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I 1856

Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot-lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mr.. Cruncher, in case he should observe any symptoms of her saying Grace.

A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 1841