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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 208 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POTHOOK , an S-shaped See also:

METAL
METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

hook for suspending a pot over a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire. While one extremity is hooked to the handle of the pot, the other is caught upon an See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

crane moving on a See also:

PIVOT (Fr. pivot; probably connected with Ital. pivolo, peg, pin, diminutive of piva, pipa, pipe)

pivot over the fire. See also:

MODERN

Modern cooking-ranges have obviated the See also:

NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for this arrangement, but it is still to be seen in See also:

GREAT

great See also:

numbers of See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country cottages and farmhouse kitchens all over See also:

England, and in small artisans' houses in the See also:

west midlands and the See also:

north. In the elementary teaching of See also:

writing the " pot-hook " is a script of similar shape.

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