单词 | coal brand |
释义 | coal brandn. 1. a. A piece of coal or charcoal, esp. one which is burning or has been burnt. Now archaic and rare.With quot. a1425 cf. as black as coal at coal n. Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > specifically live or glowing in a fire coaleOE gleedc950 fire coala1398 coal branda1425 kindling coal1592 coffin1797 gathering-coal1808 coffin-spark1821 a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 4845 Þat ilke men of þat lond Weore blak so cole brond [c1400 Laud colowȝy bronde]. 1581 W. Goodyear tr. J. de Cartigny Voy. Wandering Knight i. iii. 7 Out of a cofer of precious pearles: we must not looke for colebrands [Fr. charbons]. ?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. F12v You must bee carefull..least you..burne your dripping pannes, and therefore all Colebrands are..secluded. 1683 P. Thatcher in Rep. Board Metrop. Park Commissioners (Public Docs. Mass. No. 48) (1895) 72 Coal brands [sc. charcoal]. 1783 T. B. Hazard Diary 19 Nov. in C. Hazard Nailer Tom's Diary (1930) 55/2 Robert Hazard Brought alode [sic] of Coal Brands from wordens Pond. 1935 H. Wells Langland's Vision of Piers Plowman ii. 18 Her fine fingers were fretted with gold wiring And red rubies upon it red as coal brands. b. U.S. A piece of wood for making charcoal; a burnt piece of wood which has been used for this purpose. Cf. brand n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > torch or brand > material used for torchwood1601 coal brand1789 1789 Providence (Rhode Island) Gaz. 17 Jan. These pieces [of iron] were then..heated with sea coal, charcoal, coal brands, and dry pitch pine wood, till they were in a white heat. 1846 G. W. Henry Incidents iv. 43 I had gathered together coal brands enough to make five hundred bushels of coal. 1871 Little Corporal Aug. 61/1 There is much hard labor to perform, in ‘keeling up’ the pit, extinguishing the fire, and in clearing away the debris..and partially-charred logs, called ‘coal brands’. 1911 Proc. N.Y. State Hist. Assoc. 10 206 Here we are at the old charcoal blast furnace... The escape heat was used for generating steam for sawing coal brands. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > blight rubigoa1398 blicheningc1420 blast1577 brantcorn1578 blight1611 brand1640 uredo1706 rickets1759 coal brand1793 blister blight1877 1793 R. Treffry Diss. Smut-balls amongst Wheat 3 Various have been the Conjectures entertained by the Growers of Wheat, concerning this certain something called Smut, Smut-Balls, Coal-Brand, Bunts, Slain-Ears, Blacks, &c. which grow amongst good Wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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