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ˈfire-hearth
[f. as prec.]
1. The pavement of brick or stone on which a fire is made; the hearth in front of a fireplace.
c1440Promp. Parv. 161/2 Fyyr herthe, focarium. 1615Crooke Body of Man 45 The Testicles are..the Feu-place or Fire-hearth, where the Lares or houshold-Gods of the body, do solace and disport themselues. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 43 Bricks are frequently used in Paving of..Sinks, and Fire-hearths. 1769R. Price Observ. Revers. Payments (1792) II. 276 note, There was a tax of two shillings on every fire-hearth.
2. A kind of cooking range or stove for ships.
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1127/4 The..Invention of Iron Fire-Hearths for Ships. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 118 Fire-hearth, the fire-place and conveniences in the galley for cooking the provisions for the people. |