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单词 fire-hook
释义 ˈfire-hook
[f. as prec.]
a. A large hook used in pulling down burning buildings.
b. (See quot. 1874).
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 385 That ther be v. fuyre hokes.1585Higins Junius' Nomenclator 279 Hama..a fire hooke.1620Nottingham Rec. (1889) IV. 371 We present the townes fyer hookes to be decayd for want of steales [handles].1788Franklin Autob. Wks. 1887 I. 205 Fines..apply'd to the purchase of fire-engines, ladders, fire-hooks.1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Tale Drury Lane 89 The engines thunder'd through the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete.1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 867/2 Fire-hook (Steam-engineering), a kind of hook for raking and stirring the furnace fire.
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