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A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

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  1. n. A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
  2. n. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
  3. v. subject to the action of an autoclave
  4. A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.
  5. v:31/n:69 n. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments v. subject to the action of an autoclave