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Definition of Trivets
1. trivet [n] - See also: trivet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trivets
Literary usage of Trivets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1845)
"''oi'n'T.le' but Seven fire new trivets- Talents ten of gold. The Greeks m name
the gifts 111 give him one by one. ined and Nestor. ..."
2. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"shape of trivets, which were movable frames, took the place ... Often in the
corner * of the fireplace there stood a group of ,/ trivets, or three-legged ..."
3. Chemical Manipulation: Being Instructions to Students in Chemistry on the by Michael Faraday (1842)
"trivets are used wiih these smaller troughs to support the jars. ... These trivets
answer the purpose of shelves when required, and also support the jars ..."
4. Industrial Biography: Iron-workers and Tool-makers. by Samuel Smiles (1876)
"These " trivets " were made out of Spanish iron bolts, — rare stuff, which, though
exceedingly tough, forged like wax under the ..."
5. Practical Notes on Hydrographic & Mining Surveys by William Hellins Hearding (1872)
"It was supplied with two trivets and three telescopic tripods, for use as the
exigencies of the case demanded, and for each of which plumb-bobs were ..."
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