Trivet: alternatives and connections

Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…

The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.

To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays o…

A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.

A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.

To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, wh…

To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, rop…

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…