fire pot

the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.

Origin of fire pot

First recorded in 1620–30

They replenished the fire-pot with wood, from a box, and stretched themselves out at length on the floor beside the fire.

Jack Harvey's Adventures |Ruel Perley Smith
Then fire right into the centre; never mind the fire-pot throwers.

Stan Lynn |George Manville Fenn
In front of the largest hut was the fire-pot, slung from a pole over a fire of sticks burning brightly.

Our Little Hungarian Cousin |Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
Further, it is an Agamudaiyan, and not the son of the deceased, who carries the fire-pot to the burial-ground.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

And so they all stopped bravely at home and Hugo alone found out what was in the fire-pot.

Told by the Death's Head |Mr Jkai