Scottish. Spontaneous combustion. In early use only in to take needfire. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > going on fire > spontaneously (3) needfire1531 Scottish. Spontaneous combustion. In early use only in to take needfire. Also figurative. Obsolete. spontaneous combustion1795 the fact of taking fire, or burning away, through conditions produced within the substance itself; spec. the alleged occurrence of this fact in… self-combustion1800 The action or process of catching fire and burning without (apparent) external cause. Cf. spontaneous combustion n. at spontaneous, adj. 4b. |
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