What is that which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.] The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. Bp. Kennet called?
continent — That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.] The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. Bp. Kennet. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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