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  • 101Glue pot — A glue pot is a pot in which animal glue is heated for use in woodworking and for other purposes. Due to the tendency of collagen, the dominant adhesive in animal glues, to degrade at temperatures above convert|170|°F|°C|lk=on, they are often… …

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  • 102hip|po|pot|a|mus — «HIHP uh POT uh muhs», noun, plural mus|es, mi « my». 1. a huge animal with almost no hair, found in and near the rivers and swamps of Africa; river horse. It often weighs as much as four tons and has short legs and a large body covered with… …

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  • 103wa|ter|pot — «WT uhr POT, WOT », noun. 1. a vessel, usually of earthenware, for holding water. 2. = watering can. (Cf. ↑watering can) …

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  • 104Gum water — Gum Gum, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;… …

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  • 105Fennel water — Fennel Fen nel (f[e^]n n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[ae]niculum} ({F[ae]niculum vulgare}), having… …

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  • 106hand-water — /hænd ˈwɔtə/ (say hand wawtuh) verb (t) to water (a garden, pot plants, etc.) with water carried by hand, or with a hose held in the hand …

  • 107chamber pot — Synonyms and related words: bedpan, can, chamber, chemical closet, chemical toilet, commode, crapper, jerry, john, johnny, jordan, latrine, piss pot, potty, potty chair, stool, throne, thunder mug, toilet, urinal, water closet …

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  • 108glue pot — noun a pot with an outer container holding water, used to heat glue that sets when it cools …

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  • 109quart pot — /ˈkwɔt pɒt/ (say kwawt pot) noun 1. a vessel holding a quart of liquid, as a large beer mug. 2. Also, quart. a tin vessel of one quart capacity, especially as carried in the bush and used for boiling water over an open fire …

  • 110cover pot — a wide mouth basket with a smaller hole in the opposite end, plunged into the water over a fish spotted by a wading fisher, the fish being caught and extracted by hand through the smaller hole. Often used in turbid w …

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