fire pointn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪə pɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌpɔɪnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., point n.¹

Etymology: < fire n. + point n.¹

†1. Chiefly English regional (northern). A fire poker; = poker n.² 1a. Obsolete.

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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 > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker

purr1357

fire-purra1451

fire pike1483

poker1534

fire-pote1638

pote1638

proker1742

fire point1789

teaser1839

kennedy1864

curate1878

tickler1881

fire stick1896

1789 W. Bentley Hist. Town & Parish Halifax (Vocab.) 82 Fire-point, a fire-poker. So called perhaps from its having a shap [sic.] end.

1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 312 Wipe clean the fire-point, that is the poker, not to the neglect of shovel and tongs.

1880 Chamber's Jrnl. Dec. 572 If ah hed a-got hod on't, ah wad a-cleaved its skull wi'th' fire-point.

†2. The temperature below which a domestic fire is needed for comfort. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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1818 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Oct. in E. Betts Thomas Jefferson's Garden Bk. (1999) 580 The thermometer is below 55 (the fire point) four months of the year.

3. Chiefly poetic. A point of light; esp. a star.

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1866 A. M. H. Brewster St. Martin's Summer 404 The bright, starry heavens, whose fire-points seemed to throb and scintillate like pulses and sparks.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. 212 Here and there a fire-point pricks Wavelet from wavelet.

1876 O. Madox-Brown Dwale Bluth II. vii. 196 The night, hardly kept back by the radiation of the last glittering fire-point visible, began to sweep in long reaches of gloom over the hollows.

1921 Zitkala-Ša in Harper's Monthly Mag. June 741/1 From the low night sky, with its myriad fire points, a large bright star peeped in.

2010 P. Rogers Grand Array 87 The dim fire-points of the stars..transfigured the shore.

4. The lowest temperature at which a volatile substance will continue to burn after its vapour has been ignited.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > [noun] > at which some specific condition occurs

freezing-point1748

boiling-point1773

absolute zero1798

firing point1807

melting temperature1827

ice point1832

dew-point1833

melting point1838

neutral temperature1854

fusing point or temperature1860

welding point1868

flashing-point1878

flashpoint1878

mp1880

ignition temperature1881

silver-point1882

fire point1884

ignition point1887

neutral point1892

smoking point1915

smoking temperature1915

pour point1922

smoke point1933

1884 Amer. Engineer 7 Nov. 185/2 The second group [of oils] have only a superiority in color, while in the important qualities of body, flash and fire point they are found to be inferior to the first group.

1935 Sci. News Let. 12 Oct. 237/3 Water suitably applied may be able to lower the temperature of the liquid below the fire point.

2014 D. E. Della-Giustina Fire Safety Managem. Handbk. (ed. 3) iv. 52 The fire point is usually a few degrees higher than the flash point.

5. A place in a building at which firefighting equipment such as a fire extinguisher is sited.

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1937 Electrician 16 July 73/1 Each fire point at a station should have a sand box.

1985 M. Frayn Noises Off (ed. 3) ii, in Plays: One 452/1 (stage direct.) Frederick, tidily putting the axe back on the firepoint, finds the whisky and holds it aloft.

1996 J. Holmes-Siedle Barrier-free Design xiii. 108/1 Where fire points include telephones for reporting incidents the handset and keypad should be no higher than 1200 mm.

2015 Dawn (Pakistan) (Nexis) 1 Jan. I found..no exit indications, highly combustible material left near wires and batteries and no fire points.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire point
释义	fire pointn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪə pɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌpɔɪnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., point n.¹ Etymology: < fire n. + point n.¹ †1. Chiefly English regional (northern). A fire poker; = poker n.² 1a. Obsolete. 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 > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker purr1357 fire-purra1451 fire pike1483 poker1534 fire-pote1638 pote1638 proker1742 fire point1789 teaser1839 kennedy1864 curate1878 tickler1881 fire stick1896 1789 W. Bentley Hist. Town & Parish Halifax (Vocab.) 82 Fire-point, a fire-poker. So called perhaps from its having a shap [sic.] end. 1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 312 Wipe clean the fire-point, that is the poker, not to the neglect of shovel and tongs. 1880 Chamber's Jrnl. Dec. 572 If ah hed a-got hod on't, ah wad a-cleaved its skull wi'th' fire-point. †2. The temperature below which a domestic fire is needed for comfort. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1818 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Oct. in E. Betts Thomas Jefferson's Garden Bk. (1999) 580 The thermometer is below 55 (the fire point) four months of the year. 3. Chiefly poetic. A point of light; esp. a star. ΚΠ 1866 A. M. H. Brewster St. Martin's Summer 404 The bright, starry heavens, whose fire-points seemed to throb and scintillate like pulses and sparks. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. 212 Here and there a fire-point pricks Wavelet from wavelet. 1876 O. Madox-Brown Dwale Bluth II. vii. 196 The night, hardly kept back by the radiation of the last glittering fire-point visible, began to sweep in long reaches of gloom over the hollows. 1921 Zitkala-Ša in Harper's Monthly Mag. June 741/1 From the low night sky, with its myriad fire points, a large bright star peeped in. 2010 P. Rogers Grand Array 87 The dim fire-points of the stars..transfigured the shore. 4. The lowest temperature at which a volatile substance will continue to burn after its vapour has been ignited. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > [noun] > at which some specific condition occurs freezing-point1748 boiling-point1773 absolute zero1798 firing point1807 melting temperature1827 ice point1832 dew-point1833 melting point1838 neutral temperature1854 fusing point or temperature1860 welding point1868 flashing-point1878 flashpoint1878 mp1880 ignition temperature1881 silver-point1882 fire point1884 ignition point1887 neutral point1892 smoking point1915 smoking temperature1915 pour point1922 smoke point1933 1884 Amer. Engineer 7 Nov. 185/2 The second group [of oils] have only a superiority in color, while in the important qualities of body, flash and fire point they are found to be inferior to the first group. 1935 Sci. News Let. 12 Oct. 237/3 Water suitably applied may be able to lower the temperature of the liquid below the fire point. 2014 D. E. Della-Giustina Fire Safety Managem. Handbk. (ed. 3) iv. 52 The fire point is usually a few degrees higher than the flash point. 5. A place in a building at which firefighting equipment such as a fire extinguisher is sited. ΚΠ 1937 Electrician 16 July 73/1 Each fire point at a station should have a sand box. 1985 M. Frayn Noises Off (ed. 3) ii, in Plays: One 452/1 (stage direct.) Frederick, tidily putting the axe back on the firepoint, finds the whisky and holds it aloft. 1996 J. Holmes-Siedle Barrier-free Design xiii. 108/1 Where fire points include telephones for reporting incidents the handset and keypad should be no higher than 1200 mm. 2015 Dawn (Pakistan) (Nexis) 1 Jan. I found..no exit indications, highly combustible material left near wires and batteries and no fire points. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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