Another interesting use of thermit is in the great foundries where cauldrons of metal have to be kept at a very high temperature.
Do you hear how the cauldrons of fortune are seething?
Convulsed with fear as aisles and halls Roar like giant cauldrons mad for gore, Icarian gumps and devils bold, Assault each marshalléd mount and scree.
And now they were boiling the latter down, throwing fresh sap into the larger cauldronsas the bubbling mass threatened to overflow the sides.
They had three large iron cauldronsdangling over log fires, while a fourth, a smaller one, hung over a separate fire placed some yards from the others.
Illustration: Laerdalsoeren] We may observe in several places huge cauldronsworn out of the solid rock by the action of water, a number of these cauldrons being now far above the present level of the river.
Sometimes she cooks, making vast puddings, stewing cauldrons full of prunes or figs.
Sweating cooks staggered into the dining-hall with huge dishes of meat and steaming cauldrons of potatoes.
These cauldrons walled into the sides of the churches are probably the old sacrificial cauldrons of the Teutons and Norse.
Perhaps these cauldrons contained the blood of victims of some sort immured to secure the stability of the edifice.
Evidently the donors of the cauldrons which purchased the freedom of the saint were of the Decies; they are said to have been Munster folk (the name of the province is variously spelled).
Not long thereafter there came smiths from the lands of Muma, with three cauldrons for Ciaran as an alms, and thus was Ciaran delivered from servitude to the king.
Those that were in some degree in touch with the Eskimo used kettles or cauldrons of stone.
There were eight or ten stone boilers or cauldrons full of meats in the middle of the great hut, separated each six feet from each other, and each one having its own fire.
They were being led from the temporary stables on the hill behind him toward the valley below, where cauldrons of water were being stoked for their morning bath.
Around him large black cauldrons of frying bread filled the dawn with the aroma of oil and spice.
This town of Baticala pays a yearly tribute to the king of Portugal; much copper is also sold in it each year, which is taken into the interior of the country to make money, and cauldrons and other pans which they use.
The cauldrons had disappeared from the centre of the sacred square.
Four grim figures were stirring the cauldrons incessantly, with a sort of humming incantation, the others dancing around.
The procession entered slowly, and wound around the central fire, which still blazed gently there, although the cauldrons had been removed; and the train continued to stretch itself out, till it extended to three circles and a half.
I will give him twenty iron cauldrons and twelve strong horses that have won races and carried off prizes.
Whatever was put into such cauldrons satisfied all, no matter how numerous they might be.
The cauldrons of Irish houses are said in the texts to be inexhaustible (cf.
The mediaeval story-teller then goes on to instance similar cauldrons to be met with in the older history of Ireland.
Large cauldrons at east and west entrances; effect of simmering molten liquid.
Now go and bake twenty-one ovens full of bread and make twenty-one cauldrons full of soup and put it all before them.
Upon the lids of these cauldrons stood the two little oil lamps, shaded red, which gave all the light there was, and immediately in front of the fireplace there was a small circular table with three chairs set about it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cauldrons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
