单词 | fire-raiser |
释义 | fire-raisern. Originally Scots Law. A person guilty of fire-raising; an arsonist. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of make-fire1560 firer1576 incendiary1606 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 firebug1869 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary make-fire1560 burn-grange1568 firer1576 incendiary1606 cendiary1624 conflagrator1641 fire-raiser1678 firesetter1831 arsonist1848 arsonite1859 petroleuse1871 petroleur1875 petrolist1890 torch1938 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ix. 73 A Fire-raiser, or Incendiarius, is by Lawyers defined to be he who of design raiseth Fire, whether he kindle the same with his own hand, or commissionat another. 1716 Act. 1 & 2 Geo. I c. 48. 657 Such Offender and Offenders shall suffer and be liable as wilful Fire-Raisers. 1774 Scots Mag. July 346/1 The thief, the robber, the murderer, and wilful fire-raiser. 1866 Queenslander 20 Oct. 6/7 (headline) Flogging for fire raisers. 1891 Daily News 1 Dec. 5/3 The exemplary sentences passed..at the Central Criminal Court on two fire-raisers. 1921 Electricity 13 May 267/1 It were well for fire-raisers, window slashers, and destroyers of property in general to realise that they pay for the damage in the long run. 1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives v. 211 How it is with fire-raisers, do you know about that? They're always supposed to go and watch what they've done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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