† quench-firen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quench v., fire n.

Etymology: < quench v. + fire n. Compare earlier quench-coal n.

Obsolete. rare.

A device for extinguishing fires. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing

quench-fire1657

extinguishment1667

1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. vi. 1186 Meekness is an excellent Quench-fire to strife and contention.

1661 W. Annand Fides Catholica ii. vi. 414 It is experimentally known that it [sc. the use of witnesses at baptism] hath been a quench-fire oftentimes amongst hot spirits.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1667 (1955) III. 488 I went to se Sir Samuel Morelands inventions & Machines, Arithmetical Wheele: Quench-fires, new harp.

1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) iii. 102 The Quench-fire Engine, that most excellent and salutiferous Invention of Sir Samuel Moreland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	quench-fire
释义	† quench-firen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quench v., fire n. Etymology: < quench v. + fire n. Compare earlier quench-coal n. Obsolete. rare. A device for extinguishing fires. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing quench-fire1657 extinguishment1667 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. vi. 1186 Meekness is an excellent Quench-fire to strife and contention. 1661 W. Annand Fides Catholica ii. vi. 414 It is experimentally known that it [sc. the use of witnesses at baptism] hath been a quench-fire oftentimes amongst hot spirits. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1667 (1955) III. 488 I went to se Sir Samuel Morelands inventions & Machines, Arithmetical Wheele: Quench-fires, new harp. 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) iii. 102 The Quench-fire Engine, that most excellent and salutiferous Invention of Sir Samuel Moreland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1657
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