| 单词 | fire prong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire prong fire prong n. a pronged implement for stoking or tending a fire; = fire-fork n. 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 > pronged instrument for arranging fire fire-fork1356 prong1492 fire prong1565 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. v. xiv. f. 170 Incontinent ij. wycked sprites hauyng fyer pronges [L. vomeres] in their handes rose vppe and stroke me one in the hed, and the other in the sole of my feete. 1816 Telescope (Columbia, S. Carolina) 17 Sept. After many efforts, and many exertions of bellows and fire-prong, the coal he had brought from the demon's fire became totally extinct. 1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 131 In W. Cornwall silver table-forks are ‘prongs’ and a fire-fork used to arrange turf on an open-hearth fire is a ‘fire-prong’. 2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Feb. a12 More than 300 items from Althorp..will be sold... They include furniture, paintings, porcelain, books and 100 fire prongs but none of the princess's personal effects. < as lemmas |
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