† fire-workingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., working adj.

Etymology: < fire n. + working adj. Compare fireworker n. 1.

Obsolete.

That works with fire; employing fire.In quot. 1612 with reference to the Gunpowder Plot (Gunpowder Plot n. at gunpowder n. Compounds 2a).

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fire-working1612

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. x. i. 893 (margin) Fire-working Traitors punished by fire.

1684 T. Tryon Friendly Advice to Gentlemen-planters iii. 196 The new Fancies of your modern Fire-working Chymists.

1850 W. Maginn Homeric Ballads 169 A vessel wrought By the fire-working god.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	fire-working
释义	† fire-workingadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., working adj. Etymology: < fire n. + working adj. Compare fireworker n. 1. Obsolete. That works with fire; employing fire.In quot. 1612 with reference to the Gunpowder Plot (Gunpowder Plot n. at gunpowder n. Compounds 2a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [adjective] > working with fire fire-working1612 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. x. i. 893 (margin) Fire-working Traitors punished by fire. 1684 T. Tryon Friendly Advice to Gentlemen-planters iii. 196 The new Fancies of your modern Fire-working Chymists. 1850 W. Maginn Homeric Ballads 169 A vessel wrought By the fire-working god. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1612
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