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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caldron \Cal"dron\, n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun OF caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi[`e]re, LL caldaria, fr L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr caldus, calidus warm, fr calere to be warm; cf Skr. [,c]r[=a] to boil. Cf {Chaldron}, {Calaric}, {Caudle}.] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also {cauldron}.] ``Caldrons of boiling oil.'' --Prescott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cauldron n : a very large pot [syn: {caldron}]
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