| 单词 | fire mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire mark fire mark n. †(a) a birthmark (obsolete); (b) (usually hyphenated) a mark left by a branding iron; also figurative (now rare); (c) a (metal) plaque or sign fixed on the front of a building indicating the insurance company providing the fire insurance and emergency fire service for that building (now historical).With sense (c) cf. note at fire company n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > [noun] > a brand stigmec1475 fire marka1525 brand1552 burn1563 firebrand1570 flesh-brand1646 brand-mark1656 stigmatism1664 burn-mark1675 fleur-de-lis1790 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 240 King James the secund that had the fyre mark in his face. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2571/4 Lost..a brown Gelding..a Flower-de-luce Fire mark on the near Hip. 1757 M. Postlethwayt Britain's Commerc. Interest II. xx. 90 Merchants and others shall be obliged, on pain of 20 livres penalty, to deposit the image or impression of the said fire-mark which they use. 1839 London Disp. 6 Jan. 962/2 If the insurance-offices won't pay for the fire-mark well, friends—it is my opinion the government will. 1859 Punch 37 p. iv At your peril neglect this, and I will brand your Congress in such sort that no lapse of Ages shall wear out my fire-mark. 1883 Commercial Gaz. (Cincinnati, Ohio) 22 Jan. 8/5 The hand of the dead woman was rubbed upon Miss Ella's face. At once the ‘fire mark’ disappeared. 1951 Rotarian Mar. 60/1 When a company insured a property, it usually did not consider the policy in effect until its fire mark was placed upon the building. 1965 J. F. Faupel Afr. Holocaust (rev. ed.) v. 67 We call those people Balindi..because they..bear the scars, or fire-marks, after the manner of the Banyoro. 2011 B. Hensler Crucible of Fire iv. 103 Each insurance company had its own distinctive fire mark. < as lemmas |
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