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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kettle \Ket"tle\ (k[e^]t"t'l), n. [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. chezz[imac] 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Kettle pins}, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] --Shelton.
  
     {Kettle stitch} (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at
        the head and tail of a book. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kettle
       n 1: a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid [syn:
            {boiler}]
       2: the quantity a kettle will hold [syn: {kettleful}]
       3: (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results
          from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial
          deposits [syn: {kettle hole}]
       4: a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument
          with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension
          on it [syn: {kettledrum}, {tympanum}, {tympani}, {timpani}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kettle
     a large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, "boiling")
     is rendered also "pot" (Ps. 81:6), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13),
     "basket" (Jer. 24:2). It was used for preparing the
     peace-offerings (1 Sam. 2:13, 14).
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Kettle, KY
    Zip code(s): 42752

















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