单词 | fire maker |
释义 | > as lemmasfire maker fire maker n. a person who makes fire or lights a fire; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > making or kindling of fire > one who fire makera1382 kindler?a1439 fire-kindler1563 firelighter1770 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings viii. 13 Oynyment-makeres & firmakeris [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fier makers; L. focarias] & cloþmakeris. 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale iv. vii. 540 If the law of Solon might take place, these fire makers durst not sow debate and discord among the citisens. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 61 Even from the fire-makers and necessary-women, to the groom of the stole. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 228 The wide-spread legends of first fire-makers. 1968 B. Reynolds Kariba Stud. iv. 188 The fire maker begins with his hands at the top of the stick. 2011 D. Gist Love on Line 187 The fire maker sighed, flames filling the room with light. < as lemmas |
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