单词 | coal fire |
释义 | coal firen. 1. A fire fuelled by coal or charcoal.In quot. a1450: a fire for making charcoal (cf. coal n. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires moorburn1424 coal firea1450 commonty fire1573 moor-burning1610 stubble-firea1618 wheel-fire1662 night-fire1687 waterball1696 chip fire1795 neal-fire1813 bratchel1815 forge-fire1855 log-fire1878 electrical fire1900 slash fire1949 dumpster fire1957 chip pan fire1960 chip fire1985 a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial Suppl. (Claud.) (1905) 292 (MED) Þan cam þer aftur hure a man..a drawon swerde in hys hande..he caghte hure, and al tohew hyre in peces and caste hure in þe cole-fyre. a1475 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 153 (MED) Thanne make a fayr coole fier. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon i. xxiii. sig. ciii/2 If they be distylled in balneo marie or with a softe cole fyre & than well stoppyd, so they kepte theyr sent. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. sig. Bb4v When thy coale fire is readie, put the Glasse neerer and neerer. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. vi. 57 Though strung with stubborn wire, I melt in thy Coal-fire. 1737 M. Green Spleen 5 Or o'er coal-fires inclines the head. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper ix. 220 Put them in a Stew Pan with a Pint of Water, set them over a clear Coal Fire. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 330 Common oyster-shells to be calcined in a good coal-fire. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Nov. in Passages from French & Ital. Note-bks. (1871) II. 266 An English coal-fire..would compensate for all the unamiableness of the outside atmosphere. 1882 F. J. Bramwell Making & Working Channel Tunnel 8 The atmosphere..would be vitiated by the employment of coal-fires underground. 1922 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) ii. 56/1 The coal fire is kept going until the last thing at night, and then banked up. 1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream i. 2 He would have liked a coal fire now, only it made so much work. 2002 S. McKay Northern Protestants (new ed.) 350 She had lit a big coal fire and bought in cream buns the morning I came to interview her. ΚΠ 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 269 A Colefire, is a parcel of Fire-wood set up for sale or use, containing when it is burnt a Load of Coals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1450 |
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