Also 9 ætna. [f. the name of the volcano.] A vessel (in the form of an inverted cone placed in a saucer) for heating a small quantity of liquid by burning some kind of spirit.
1832. Athenæum, 9 June, 375. (Advt.), Jones’s Ætnas for boiling half a pint of water in three minutes.
1870. Eng. Mech., 18 March, 659/1. I have an Etna with which I can produce a pint of boiling water in eight minutes.
1880. M. Collins, Th. in Garden, II. 263. Ask my placens uxor to mull some claret in the etna.
