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etna|ˈɛtnə|
Also 9 ætna.
[f. the name of the volcano.]
A vessel (in the form of an inverted cone placed in a saucer) for heating a small quantity of liquid by burning some kind of spirit.
1832Athenæum 9 June 375 (Advt.), Jones's ætnas for boiling half a pint of water in three minutes. 1870Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 659/1, I have an Etna with which I can produce a pint of boiling water in eight minutes. 1880M. Collins Th. in Garden II. 263 Ask my placens uxor to mull some claret in the etna. |