Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete type of steam-boiler the general form of which was spherical like that of a kettle, with a flat bottom over the fire.
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Examples
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A small charcoal burner smoked in the stern, which heated a brass kettle-boiler, and was attached by gears and chains to a propeller facing the rear.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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"Then buy _half_ a loaf," said I, wheeling about and resuming my walk, not without a good many hard epithets in return from my kettle-boiler.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 273, September 15, 1827 Various
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