| 单词 | fire-fanging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfire-fanging ˈfire-fanging n. the action or result of fire-fang v.; scorching, overheating. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > to excess overheating1609 fire-fanging1682 superheating1828 1682 Let. 20 July in J. Houghton Coll. Lett. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade 73 In these new Kills, the Fire-fanging is never feared nor known. 1784 A. M'Donald Ess. Raising & Dressing Flax & Hemp 56 To try and discover the reason of flax-firing, or fire-fanging,..I kept a small quantity of flax longer than ordinary unpulled. 1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 148 In summer, it [sc. the heat of the compost] sometimes rises so high, as to be mischievous, by consuming the materials, (fire-fanging). 1910 E. B. Hart & W. E. Tottingham Gen. Agric. Chem. vi. 128 In extreme cases of fire-fanging all the nitrogen will be lost. 1995 E. Coleman New Org. Grower (ed. 2) xi. 114 I pay attention to getting all the material thoroughly moist to prevent fire-fanging. < as lemmas |
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