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Webster 1913 Edition

Kettle

Ket′tle

(kĕt′t’l)
,
Noun.
[OE.
ketel
; cf. AS.
cetel
,
cetil
,
cytel
; akin to D.
kjedel
, G.
kessel
, OHG.
chezzil
, Icel.
ketill
, SW.
kittel
, Dan.
kjedel
, Goth.
katils
; all perh. fr. L.
catillus
, dim. of
catinus
a deep vessel, bowl; but cf. also OHG.
chezzī
kettle, Icel.
kati
small ship.]
A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.
Kettle pins
,
ninepins; skittles.
[Obs.]
Shelton.
–
Kettle stitch
(Bookbinding)
,
the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kettle

KET'TLE

,
Noun.
A vessel of iron or other metal, with a wide mouth, usually without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquor.
Among the Tartars, a kettle represents a family, or as many as feed from one kettle.
Among the Dutch, a battery of mortars sunk in the earth, is called a kettle.

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