KETTLE
NOUNS
1505 — STROUP the spout of a kettle, teapot, etc. → chiefly Sc.
1644 — FURNACE a cooking kettle → US
1821 — TANKER a tea-kettle → Sc.
1879 — BETTY a nickname for the kettle → Eng. dial.
1898 — BATTRY a tea-kettle (Bk.)
1900 — DIDDIKY a gypsy’s kettle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SUKEY a kettle → sl. (Bk.)
1905 — NERRY a tea-kettle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BOWLER a kettle, a boiler → Sc. (Bk.)
1926 — BILLIKIN a small ‘billy’ or tin can used as a kettle → colloq.
1968 — BERLIN KETTLE a large kettle used to boil foods → Amer. dial.
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