单词 | base-burner |
释义 | base-burnern. North American. Now chiefly historical. A base-burning stove. Frequently attributive. 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 > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1861 U.S. Patent 33,345 2/1 My improved stove is of that class commonly denominated ‘magazine-stoves’, and has an updraft, so that it is, in fact, a combination of the base-burner or magazine and the updraft. 1893 ‘O. Thanet’ Stories Western Town 34 We got to keep a fire in the base-burner good, all night, or the plants will freeze. 1908 S. E. White Riverman xxi. 188 When the very cold weather came and they had to light the base-burner stove. 1970 R. Davies Fifth Business i. i. 6 My older brother Willie read The Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’, all of us sitting round the base-burner with our feet on the nickel guard. 2006 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 24 Dec. 54 Many [homes] relied on hot air furnaces, and some on an old-fashioned base burner stove in the hall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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