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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… ground floor is a wide, open fireplace containing a large spit, which is worked by a fan in the chimney, and on the …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… and colour-coated ware; two steelyards and an ornamental spit (now in Birmingham Museum on loan from B.M.) from a late …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… BRASS or IRON, and used primarily for handling meat on the SPIT or that boiling in a pot hung over the fire, or for …
A New History of London
… only insulted with reproachful language, but had his face spit upon. Sir Gilbert Heathcote was according to custom …
A New History of London
… Anthony's, pig." When any of these pigs became fit for the spit, the proctor took it up for the use of the hospital. The …