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单词 coal fire
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coal firen.

Brit. /ˈkəʊl ˌfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊl ˌfaɪ(ə)r/
Forms: see coal n. and fire n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., fire n.
Etymology: < coal n. + fire n.
1. A fire fuelled by coal or charcoal.In quot. a1450: a fire for making charcoal (cf. coal n. 2a).
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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.
2. A bundle of firewood containing a quantity of coal. Obsolete.
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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).
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