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Washpot

Washpot \Wash"pot`\, n.

  1. A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.

  2. (Tin-Plate Manuf.) A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.

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washpot

n. A pot which holds water for washing.

Usage examples of "washpot".

Uncle Anderson said that they would sometimes go off and get under the washpot and sing and pray the best they could.

They picked up the heads and what was left and made a big washpot full of dumplings.

Else anyone could treat a spring as a common washpot, and claim to have a ritual in mind.

I feel I shall do you credit in the witness box, although the thunder, I suspect, will be stolen by the police doctor, who will be in the enviable position of one to whom the city mortuary is his washpot, not to mention that over the police-station hath he cast out his shoe.

John built a fire under the washpot, and dressed his meat before he came inside the house.