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| chaldron | (n) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels | | caldron | (n) a very large pot that is used for boiling, Syn. cauldron |
| | Chaldron | n. [ OF. chaldron, F. chaudron kettle. The same word as caldron. ] An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2, 940 lbs, but at New York it is 2, 500 lbs. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Caldron | n. [ OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudière, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. çrā to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle. ] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [ Written also cauldron. ] “Caldrons of boiling oil.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | caldron | (n) กาน้ำใหญ่, กระทะ, หม้อน้ำ |
| | | | Caldron | n. [ OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudière, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. çrā to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle. ] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [ Written also cauldron. ] “Caldrons of boiling oil.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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