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单词 to take needfire
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to take needfire
1. Scottish. Spontaneous combustion. In early use only in to take needfire. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > going on fire > spontaneously
needfire1531
spontaneous combustion1795
self-combustion1800
1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. x. xii. 50 His staff tuke neyd fyre, and mycht be slokynnit be na crafft.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 33001 That tyme his stalf, in presens of thame all, It tuik neidfyre richt thair into his hand.
1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 57 Ere ever they were aware hath taken lyfe, and needfire with a Word.
1804 J. Hogg Poems (1865) 79 While neid-fire kyndlit in hys ee.
c1830 Proc. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1916) 60 If the Elleree see sparks of fire (neidfire) falling on any person.
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