单词 | fire-holder |
释义 | > as lemmasfire-holder fire-holder n. a container in which to light or carry a fire; esp. a holder in which to carry safely a lit fuse or match (cf. portfire 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 > portable receptacle for burning fuel fire paneOE heartheOE fire vessela1382 chafer1395 chimneyc1420 chafing-dish1483 coal pan1530 fire chauffer1558 brazeraine1623 brasero1652 brazier1690 firecage1770 fire-holder1789 fire basket1798 mangal1814 komfoor1841 rodney1848 Jack1849 chip pan1854 reredos1859 hibachi1863 scaldino1866 chafing-pan1867 salamander1873 1789 A. Brook Misc. Exper. Electr., Air-pump & Barometer v. 192 The coals are kindled in the caldron, or fire-holder. 1872 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 49/1 A frying-pan, pot, and kettle, all to fit a fireholder. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. (1884) 45 The light for igniting the matches was carried by a slow-burning fuse contained in a metal case... These fire-holders were usually attached to the girdle. 1904 Birds & Nature Feb. 95/2 In the woody species [of Polyporaceae]..the Fourth of July urchin [finds] a fire-holder to light his pyrotechnics. 1934 E. Kiyooka tr. Y. Fukuzawa Autobiogr. xiv. 302 I was buying a charcoal fire holder..at a hardware store near Kaji-bashi. 2010 J. Rose Zoroastrianism i. 6 She did not perform the morning incense ritual until one of her aunts gave her a small fire-holder. < as lemmas |
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