fire enginen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪə(r) ɛndʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɛndʒən/

Forms: see fire n. and engine n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., engine n.

Etymology: < fire n. + engine n.

1. Originally: a machine for projecting a jet of water a distance, for use in extinguishing fires (now historical). In later use: a vehicle carrying equipment (and in later use also firefighters) for fighting large or serious fires; cf. fire truck n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.The earliest fire engines were little more than powerful hand pumps; cf. force-pump n. 1, squirt n. 2b.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-engine

fire engine1626

engine1645

water engine1667

machine1848

fire truck1855

forcing-engine1855

tub1864

appliance1865

1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. 28 There be..in the Cities, waters to bee conveyed, fire-engins to bee invented, &c.

1675 R. Hooke Diary 8 Dec. (1935) 199 A fire engine for quenching slips on a float likewise with horses.

c1680 Sir S. Morland's Pumps (Broadside, Brit. Mus.) 816 m. 10. 90 For a Fire Engin with one Pair of Handles..Twenty three pound.

1735 M. Clare Motion of Fluids 63 The common squirting Fire-Engine..is the Frame of a Lifting-pump, wrought by..Leavers.

1755 B. Franklin Let. 29 June in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) (1756) 49 306 A stream [of water] from a fire-engine will force through the strongest panes of a window.

1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 325 One end of a leathern tube (the hose of a fire engine) was closely adapted to the nose of the bellows.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 6 The services of that particularly useful machine, a parish fire-engine, are required.

1880 Harper's Mag. June 90/2 I'm thinking they must have got the steam fire-engine by now.

1962 Life 1 June 96/1 A genuine full-sized fire-engine, all equipped with ladder, hose, red warning lights and wailing sirens.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Sept. a15/1 Within 10 seconds, the fire engine was rolling, four firefighters on board.

2. A stationary steam engine, esp. one used to drive a pump for draining mines and marshes (cf. engine n. 6b). Now historical.An early steam fire engine was patented by Thomas Savery (?1650–1715) in 1698. It raised water by utilizing steam pressure and the vacuum that results from its condensation. In his book The Miners Friend; or, an Engine to raise Water by Fire, Described (1702) he refers to his invention simply as an engine, never as a fire engine.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun]

fire engine1700

steam-engine1753

engine1814

vapour-engine1839

bullgine1848

1700 W. Shiers Familiar Disc. conc. Mine-adventure 50 Capt. Savory's Fire-Engine,..I take to be a very ingenious Invention, and deserves all due Encouragement [for draining mines].

1722 J. Barnes Affidavit in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 685 The charge of water was calculated as if to be drawn by horses, whereas it [sc. draining a coal mine] may be done much cheaper by help of a fire engine.

1767 J. Stewart Descr. Invention Mills (title page) A machine or invention to work mills, by the power of a fire-engine, but particularly useful and profitable in grinding sugar.

1806 O. G. Gregory Treat. Mech. II. 353 This [i.e. the steam engine] has been often called the Fire-engine, because of the fire used in boiling the liquid.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 6 Newcomen appears..to have first tried his ‘fire-engine’ on the large scale at a colliery near Wolverhampton.

1895 Times 1 Feb. 12/6 There are also in the engine-rooms two main-feed pumps, two evaporators and distillers, four bilge and fire engines.

1969 A. E. Musson & E. Robinson Sci. & Technol. Industr. Revol. xii. 398 John Smeaton popularized this combination of ‘fire-engine’ and water-wheel in the 1770s and 1780s, especially for winding coal.

2014 M. C. Jacob First Knowl. Econ. ii. 75 The most expensive item that a colliery would have to purchase was its steam or fire engine.

†3. An apparatus for generating a current of warm air using combustion. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming

fire engine1735

house-warmer1812

warmer1812

water wall1853

waterfront1867

fire1895

heater-

1735 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 31) i. i. iii. 9 One Fire-Engine conveys warm Air to every individual Part of the Machine [sc. Lombe's machine for thrown silk].

1896 Metal Worker 12 Sept. 50/1 A general view of the system is shown.., with the fire engine on the first floor and the water heater in the basement.

Compounds

fire-engine red adj. and n. (a) adj. of a bright red colour resembling that typically used for the paintwork on fire engines; (b) n. a bright red colour.

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1884 J. D. J. Kelley Amer. Yachts xiv. 223 There are six other Light-houses and two Light-ships,—the straw-colored Succoneset.., and the early-fire-engine-red Sow and Pigs.

1913 Munic. Engin. Nov. 439/2 The machines are painted fire engine red and lined white with gold leaf mouldings.

1917 Boys' Life May (verso front cover) (advt.) Enamelled in fire-engine red, 4 coats baked on.

1959 A. Eliot Sight & Insight xii. 129 Again with colors, one should know them all—from fire-engine red to subtle salmon, emerald, saffron.., and so on.

2006 Heat 28 Jan. 80/3 Her hands..boast several major pieces of bling along with fire-engine red nail polish.

2009 H. Oyeyemi White is for Witching ii. 206 She was in there alone, kneeling by her bed, a woman dressed entirely in silver and fire-engine red.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fire engine
释义	fire enginen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪə(r) ɛndʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɛndʒən/ Forms: see fire n. and engine n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., engine n. Etymology: < fire n. + engine n. 1. Originally: a machine for projecting a jet of water a distance, for use in extinguishing fires (now historical). In later use: a vehicle carrying equipment (and in later use also firefighters) for fighting large or serious fires; cf. fire truck n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.The earliest fire engines were little more than powerful hand pumps; cf. force-pump n. 1, squirt n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-engine fire engine1626 engine1645 water engine1667 machine1848 fire truck1855 forcing-engine1855 tub1864 appliance1865 1626 R. Harris Hezekiah's Recov. 28 There be..in the Cities, waters to bee conveyed, fire-engins to bee invented, &c. 1675 R. Hooke Diary 8 Dec. (1935) 199 A fire engine for quenching slips on a float likewise with horses. c1680 Sir S. Morland's Pumps (Broadside, Brit. Mus.) 816 m. 10. 90 For a Fire Engin with one Pair of Handles..Twenty three pound. 1735 M. Clare Motion of Fluids 63 The common squirting Fire-Engine..is the Frame of a Lifting-pump, wrought by..Leavers. 1755 B. Franklin Let. 29 June in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) (1756) 49 306 A stream [of water] from a fire-engine will force through the strongest panes of a window. 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 325 One end of a leathern tube (the hose of a fire engine) was closely adapted to the nose of the bellows. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 6 The services of that particularly useful machine, a parish fire-engine, are required. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 90/2 I'm thinking they must have got the steam fire-engine by now. 1962 Life 1 June 96/1 A genuine full-sized fire-engine, all equipped with ladder, hose, red warning lights and wailing sirens. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Sept. a15/1 Within 10 seconds, the fire engine was rolling, four firefighters on board. 2. A stationary steam engine, esp. one used to drive a pump for draining mines and marshes (cf. engine n. 6b). Now historical.An early steam fire engine was patented by Thomas Savery (?1650–1715) in 1698. It raised water by utilizing steam pressure and the vacuum that results from its condensation. In his book The Miners Friend; or, an Engine to raise Water by Fire, Described (1702) he refers to his invention simply as an engine, never as a fire engine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] fire engine1700 steam-engine1753 engine1814 vapour-engine1839 bullgine1848 1700 W. Shiers Familiar Disc. conc. Mine-adventure 50 Capt. Savory's Fire-Engine,..I take to be a very ingenious Invention, and deserves all due Encouragement [for draining mines]. 1722 J. Barnes Affidavit in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 685 The charge of water was calculated as if to be drawn by horses, whereas it [sc. draining a coal mine] may be done much cheaper by help of a fire engine. 1767 J. Stewart Descr. Invention Mills (title page) A machine or invention to work mills, by the power of a fire-engine, but particularly useful and profitable in grinding sugar. 1806 O. G. Gregory Treat. Mech. II. 353 This [i.e. the steam engine] has been often called the Fire-engine, because of the fire used in boiling the liquid. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 6 Newcomen appears..to have first tried his ‘fire-engine’ on the large scale at a colliery near Wolverhampton. 1895 Times 1 Feb. 12/6 There are also in the engine-rooms two main-feed pumps, two evaporators and distillers, four bilge and fire engines. 1969 A. E. Musson & E. Robinson Sci. & Technol. Industr. Revol. xii. 398 John Smeaton popularized this combination of ‘fire-engine’ and water-wheel in the 1770s and 1780s, especially for winding coal. 2014 M. C. Jacob First Knowl. Econ. ii. 75 The most expensive item that a colliery would have to purchase was its steam or fire engine. †3. An apparatus for generating a current of warm air using combustion. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming fire engine1735 house-warmer1812 warmer1812 water wall1853 waterfront1867 fire1895 heater- 1735 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 31) i. i. iii. 9 One Fire-Engine conveys warm Air to every individual Part of the Machine [sc. Lombe's machine for thrown silk]. 1896 Metal Worker 12 Sept. 50/1 A general view of the system is shown.., with the fire engine on the first floor and the water heater in the basement. Compounds fire-engine red adj. and n. (a) adj. of a bright red colour resembling that typically used for the paintwork on fire engines; (b) n. a bright red colour. ΚΠ 1884 J. D. J. Kelley Amer. Yachts xiv. 223 There are six other Light-houses and two Light-ships,—the straw-colored Succoneset.., and the early-fire-engine-red Sow and Pigs. 1913 Munic. Engin. Nov. 439/2 The machines are painted fire engine red and lined white with gold leaf mouldings. 1917 Boys' Life May (verso front cover) (advt.) Enamelled in fire-engine red, 4 coats baked on. 1959 A. Eliot Sight & Insight xii. 129 Again with colors, one should know them all—from fire-engine red to subtle salmon, emerald, saffron.., and so on. 2006 Heat 28 Jan. 80/3 Her hands..boast several major pieces of bling along with fire-engine red nail polish. 2009 H. Oyeyemi White is for Witching ii. 206 She was in there alone, kneeling by her bed, a woman dressed entirely in silver and fire-engine red. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1626
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