cauldron : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cauldron	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cauldron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cauldron n a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron, cauldron]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caldron \Cal"dron\, n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi[8a]re, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. [87]r[be] to boil. Cf. {Chaldron}, {Calaric}, {Caudle}.] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also {cauldron}.] [bd]Caldrons of boiling oil.[b8] --Prescott.