cinderyn.
/ˈsɪndəri/ A repository of cinders, a cinder-heap.Apparently an isolated use.
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1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. viii. 220 I remained under charge of Ciceley of the Cindery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
cinderyadj.
/ˈsɪndəri/ 1.
a. Of the nature or consistency of a cinder; abounding in cinders.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > of the nature of or abounding in cinders
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1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 6 The roofe..with cyndrye mosse was almost ouergrowen.
1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 97 A sear'd and cindery spot.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 104 Lead..in the form of a black cindery precipitate.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 187 Light cindery volcanic matter.
b. figurative. Where the fire has burnt out.
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1878 J. A. Symonds Sonnets M. Angelo xlvi Within an old man's cindery breast.
2. Begrimed with cinders.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > grimy > in specific manner
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1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxviii. 379 Mr. Toodle, cindery and swart, was refreshing himself with tea.
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