单词 | brandiron |
释义 | † brandironn. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A kitchen utensil, commonly a gridiron, but the name is transferred to other articles, as andirons, a stand for a kettle, a trivet. See the synonymous brander n.2, brandise n.; also brandreth n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > gridiron roasting-ironc1350 roast-iron1354 brandiron1381 gridiron1382 broiler1393 griddlea1425 branderc1450 grate-iron1577 chaplet1664 grill1685 grid1875 parrilla1964 parrillada1975 robata1975 charbroiler1982 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. > hearth or fireplace > andiron or fire-dog brandisec1000 andirona1300 brandiron1381 brandreth1400 landiron1459 dog iron1534 creeper1556 dog1587 glim-fenders1699 fire dog1751 1381 Eng. Gilds 233 Seven dozens of ‘vesselles du peutre’; a ‘brandhirne’. 1411 Inv. in T. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. iv. 153 j brandeyrne. 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 56 A peyre rakkes of yryne, and to brandernes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Brond~yron, or Andyron. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1031 A Brandiron or posnet. Chytra. 1596 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 271 j brande~iron, that the kettle standes on. 1731 E. Davies in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 445 The Brand-Irons and Legs thereof were strained. 1886 R. Jefferies in Pall Mall Budget 2 Dec. 9/1 What are usually called dog-irons on the hearth are called brand-irons, having to support the brand or burning log. 2. Taken by Spenser, and by Quarles after him, in the sense of: A sword [= brand n. 8] . ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. sig. D7 And with his brondiron round about him layd. View more context for this quotation 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 123 [He] Vnsheath'd his furious brondyron. ?1635 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia (new ed.) iii. 135 The stout Amphialus..Vpheav'd his thirsty Brondyron. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adverb] > other shapes brand-iron-wise1555 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 351v Thre trees lyke a brandierwyse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1381 |
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