Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ladle for use in pouring molten metal in foundries and elsewhere, especially adapted by shape and construction to deliver the pure metal from below the surface, and retain the scum of oxids and impurities which are light and float at the top. There may be a guard at the lip, or, in larger types, the discharge may be from the bottom instead of over the upper edge.
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Examples
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(She dips the skimming-ladle into the caldron and throws flames at FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES, and the MONKEYS.
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[_She dips the skimming-ladle into the caldron and throws flames at_ FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES, _and the_ MONKEYS.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Kuno Francke 1892
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(_She plunges the skimming-ladle into the caldron, and scatters flames towards_ FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES, _and the Animals.
Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790
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