extinguishern.
/ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə/ 1. One who or that which extinguishes; spec. = fire extinguisher n.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches)
snitelc1000
candle-quencher1382
sniters1382
sniting tongsa1425
snuffer1465
sniting instrumentc1475
candle-shears1483
sniting iron1483
out-quencher1535
candle-snuffer1552
snufter1558
extinguisher1562
dout1573
douter1622
topper1688
link-extinguisher1859
squencher1871
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation > one who annihilates
extinguisher1562
expungerc1611
exterminator1611
annihilator1666
decreator1678
blotter out1827
exterminatrix1880
exterminatress1891
liquidator1949
zapper1969
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > one who or that which extinguishes
extinguisher1562
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-extinguisher
squirt1590
fire extinguisher1810
extinguisher1814
fire annihilator1845
chemical extinguisher1873
pyroleter1875
extincteur1878
1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre i. f. xviiiv Heddes [i.e. Captains], extinguishers of discencion.
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Avij This heat extinguisher.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 257/1 The Glorious Great Extinguisher of Night.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 303 Quarrells and Distempers..prove Extinguishers.
1814 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 341 The fat is blazing in the fire, and no extinguisher can be found.
1817 Ld. Byron Let. 4 June (1976) V. 234 The name of their extinguisher was Gifford.
1887 Daily News 7 Mar. 7/1 The Lewis Hand Fire Extinguisher.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 12/2 The extinguishers..have..taps which give the operator absolute control of the instrument.
1930 Engineering 10 Oct. 458/2 It was necessary to have a sufficient supply of chemical extinguishers on board.
2.
a. spec. A hollow conical cap for extinguishing the light of a candle or lamp; also a similar object of large size formerly affixed to the railings of a house to enable the link-boys to extinguish their links.
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a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. v. 17 In putting of 'm [sc. candles] out..by The extinguisher.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2068/4 One Closet Candlestick, with Snuffers and Extinguisher.
1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 88 Put out their flambeaux with great silver extinguishers.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 Extinguishers are yet suspended before the doors of a few houses of the better sort.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. i. i. 9 She held the candlestick, so that the extinguisher lying loose in it rattled.
b. transferred and figurative.
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1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 30 Cover it [sc. the vital Flame] with an Extinguisher of Honour.
1774 Westm. Mag. 2 96 Put not one grand extinguisher on Plays; But with kind snuffers gently mend their blaze.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 May 4/1 ‘Eigg Island,’ with its singular Scuir or peak hidden under a thick extinguisher of cloud.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
extinguisher hat n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > conical
copintank1509
sugar-loaf hat1585
sugar-loaf hat1607
copatainea1616
tank1688
witch's hat1801
coolie hat1856
extinguisher hat1885
1885 Daily News 30 Apr. 4/8 The immeasurable height of the extinguisher hats of women when Richard II. was King.
b.
extinguisher-like adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > conical
pineatea1400
conical1570
conic1614
cone-like1665
sugar-loafed1702
top-like?1711
coniformc1790
extinguisher-shaped1840
cone-shaped1851
coned1878
extinguisher-like1881
piniform1890
1881 A. G. C. Liddell in Macmillan's Mag. XLIV. 473/2 Sharp extinguisher-like spires..shot into the sky.
extinguisher-shaped adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > conical
pineatea1400
conical1570
conic1614
cone-like1665
sugar-loafed1702
top-like?1711
coniformc1790
extinguisher-shaped1840
cone-shaped1851
coned1878
extinguisher-like1881
piniform1890
1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 44 A shocking bad hat, Extinguisher-shaped.
1903 R. Gower Rec. & Reminisc. 16 The towers with their extinguisher-shaped roofs.
1909 A. Morrison Green Ginger 27 The wide fireplace and its blazing embers, stuck with black extinguisher-shaped beer-warmers.
extinguisher-topped adj.
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1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. ix. 79 Extinguisher-topped towers.
C2.
extinguisher-moss n. a moss whose peristome closes inwards when touched by water.
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1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 725 Encalypta.., Extinguisher-moss.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 161/2 The Extinguisher-Moss (Encalypta).
Derivatives
exˈtinguishership n. Apparently an isolated use.
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1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 193 God give his imperial extinguishership ‘a good deliverance.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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