seether

English

Etymology

seethe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːðə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

seether (plural seethers)

(archaic) A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
- 1717, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Vernon, “Book VIII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  Like burnished gold the little seether shone.
A person who seethes.
- 1994, Working Mother, volume 17, number 1:
  The following strategies can help a seether gain control of angry feelings.

References

“seether”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Heeters, resheet, sheeter, these're

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