Spirit-stand

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

    "On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses."

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"On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses."

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