| 单词 | brimstone match |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrimstone match brimstone match n. a match or splinter of wood having its end dipped in brimstone. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting wax tapera1398 match1519 brimstone match1594 card match1654 spunk1755 light1787 spill1821 lighter1828 candle-paper1829 fidibus1829 Promethean1829 sulphur-match1830 pipelight1842 candle-lighter1855 kitchen match1862 spiller1936 1594 H. Platt Diuers Chim. Concl. 15 The rest of the fats have not received..the brimstone match. 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 23 The furnace-brand, the brimstone-match of that cursed man. 1742 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 177 When Brimstone Matches are burning. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 299 Sulphuret of phosphorus..applied to a common brimstone match inflames when gently rubbed. < as lemmas |
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