† cover-firen.
Obsolete.
A utensil for covering up and preserving fire.
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cover-fire1715
1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 54 The Cover-Fire (as the Author calls it).
1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 129 The Cover-Fire Instruments.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 234/1 An iron implement which is called a curfew, or cover-fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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