cobiron

English

Etymology

cob +‎ iron, from cob (“the top”).

Noun

cobiron (plural cobirons)

1. An andiron with a knob at the top.
   • a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals:

     the implements of the kitchen ; as spits , ranges , cobirons , pots , etc

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cobiron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• boronic, con brio