Now I know what a leg of lamb feels like inside a Romertopf, she said.

femininization of a masculine noun

a mixed bag of nuts

Baldwin's phosphorus is prepared by melting nitrate of lime in a crucible or ladle for about ten minutes; it is then poured into an iron pot, or mould, previously heated, and has the property, like Canton's phosphorus, of absorbing light when exposed to the sun, and emitting it when taken into a darkened room.