Alison glanced into the improvised cauldron and saw to her astonishment what looked like a mass of bedraggled fowls.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
There were no buildings to be seen; a vast wall of darkness surrounded him and ever and again, out of the heart of it, a great cauldron of fire flamed and by the side of it there were wild, agitated faces-and again darkness.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
Whatever the chance contributions that fell into the slow cauldron of their talk, they made the gruel thick and slab with dollars.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes