| 单词 | watch-fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatch-fire watch-fire n. a fire maintained during the night as a signal, or for the use of a sentinel, party or person on watch. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > type of fire pike1483 watch-fire1801 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > fire for one keeping watch wake-firec1450 watch-fire1801 1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 130 And by the watch-fire's glimmering light,..was seen An huntress maid. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. ii. 3 Such were the notes that from the Pirate's isle, Around the kindling watch-fire rang the while. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 215 Watch-fires were lit round the encampment. < as lemmas |
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