| 单词 | death pile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath pile death pile n. a pile of wood, etc., on which a corpse is burnt as part of a funeral ceremony, a funeral pyre. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > pile or pyre adeOE fireeOE baleOE pile1531 stacka1547 funeral pile1555 roge1559 fire pile1577 pyre1638 funeral pyre1658 death pile1791 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 846/1 Death-piles on all sides always blazed. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. v. 89 Had the death-piles of the ancient years Flared up in vain before me? 1905 J. B. Bury Life St. Patrick v. 86 Croesus built a timber death-pile in the court of his palace to escape the shame of servitude to an earthly conqueror. 1991 M. Dorris & L. Erdrich Crown of Columbus (1999) 320 The lit taper I will use to ignite my own death pile. < as lemmas |
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