Definitions

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  • noun A pot used to hold or carry fire.
  • noun An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.

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Examples

  • This "firepot" has the fire within it kindled and flaming out of the top of the oven like a "torch"

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Looking at past records, it has been cut down many years by Thanksgiving, and used as kindling to start the fire in the firepot.

    Backlighting And Updating « Fairegarden 2009

  • To fight midwinter dark and chill, portable hearths -- this tiled firepot goes for $995 -- are a must.

    Another Campaign Headache? 2008

  • Marsali was indeed at the whisky clearing; her cap, cloak, and gown hung from a branch of the yellow-leaved persimmon, and a clay firepot full of coals sat nearby, smoking in readiness.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Jem always gave off heat when he slept; it was like holding a clay firepot, with him curled against her.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • He continued on, but with the passing of each firepot the journey became more awkward, more oppressive, because the family surrounding each fire would grow suddenly quiet and turn to face him.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • He continued on, but with the passing of each firepot the journey became more awkward, more oppressive, because the family surrounding each fire would grow suddenly quiet and turn to face him.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • He continued on, but with the passing of each firepot the journey became more awkward, more oppressive, because the family surrounding each fire would grow suddenly quiet and turn to face him.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • He continued on, but with the passing of each firepot the journey became more awkward, more oppressive, because the family surrounding each fire would grow suddenly quiet and turn to face him.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • He continued on, but with the passing of each firepot the journey became more awkward, more oppressive, because the family surrounding each fire would grow suddenly quiet and turn to face him.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

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