| 单词 | fire-churn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire-churn fire-churn n. now historical a device for lighting a fire by friction, consisting of a fire drill (fire drill n. (b)) and fireboard (fireboard n. 4). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device fire stickc1300 flint-mill1757 fire piston1846 gas poker1855 gas lighter1856 fire drill1861 fire-churn1863 lighter1875 hand drill1891 fire-plough1893 electric wand1898 wax jack1937 1863 W. K. Kelly Curiosities Indo-European Trad. ii. 41 The Aryans saw in the fire-churn, or chark, a working model of the apparatus by which the fires of heaven were kindled. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 253 Churning fiercely at the fire-churn. 1984 Z. A. Ragozin Hist. Vedic India v. 160 The simple apparatus might be called a fire-drill or fire-churn, since the action consisted in rapidly twirling the upper piece..in the lower hollowed piece. < as lemmas |
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