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A metal stand with short feet, used under a hot dish on a table.

A three-legged stand made of metal, used for supporting cooking vessels in a hearth.

A knife for cutting the loops of terry fabrics, such as velvets or Wilton carpets, in which the looped warp is formed over wires in the shed.

A three-footed stool or stand; a tripod; especially, an iron tripod on which to place cooking-vessels or anything which is to be kept hot by the fire.

In heraldry, a bearing representing the three-legged iron support used in cooking.