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trivet [triv-vit] Noun 1. a three-legged stand for holding a pot, kettle, etc., over a fire 2. a short metal stand on which hot dishes are placed on a table [Old English trefet]
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Right as a trivet all the time, and punctual at your meals. - - - - - - - Disposed apart, Ulysses shares the treat; A trivet table and ignobler seat, The Prince assigns--- Odyssey, Book 21. The noise of footsteps on the creaking stairs, a few minutes after the occurrence of this conversation, roused the merry old gentleman as he sat over the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket-knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet. |
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