What is a utensil for covering the fire. [Obs.] For pans, pots, curfews, counters and the like. Bacon called?
curfew — A utensil for covering the fire. [Obs.] For pans, pots, curfews, counters and the like. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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