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单词 warmer
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warmern.

Brit. /ˈwɔːmə/, U.S. /ˈwɔrmər/
Etymology: < warm v. + -er suffix1.
1. A person who warms. poetic.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > one who warms
warmera1595
a1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 11 Coales were kindled to the warmers cost.
1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 249 Tis Loves best musick, all ears charmer, All hearts enthraller, and blouds warmer.
1903 Bridges Ep. Socialist 413 Unashamed to have outliv'd Your breeders, feeders, warmers and toiling attendants.
2. A contrivance for warming.Chiefly with defining word prefixed, as foot-warmer, plate-warmer, vegetable-warmer.
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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
fire engine1735
house-warmer1812
warmer1812
water wall1853
waterfront1867
fire1895
heater-
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 warming the person > the feet
foot stove1611
stove1716
chauffet1790
foot-warmer1812
foot pan1817
1812 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 7 60 He would certainly chuse an eyder-duck for his foot-warmer.
1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 322/1 Under the sideboard stands..a..plate-warmer.
1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. 845 The well-known japanned plate warmer for the parlour in small families.
1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. 845 A lower kind sold in the shops under the name of vegetable warmers, for keeping those dishes of vegetables warm that are not put on the table.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 6 Jan. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) i. 4 A foot-warmer (a long, flat, tin-utensil, full of hot water) was put into the carriage.
1871 Daily News 13 Jan. Covered up till we were nearly suffocated, and with a warmer for our feet.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Plate-warmer, a small cupboard standing in front of a fire and holding plates to warm.
1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 539/1 Charcoal to put in the little foot-warmers..used by all womenkind in Dutch churches.
1894 Times 16 Apr. 7/3 The whey is dipped out into large warmers and these placed in the boiler.
3. warmer-up, something that warms oneself or another up; spec. (a) a preliminary item designed to put an audience in a receptive mood; also, one who presents this; (b) a stimulating drink. Also warmer-upper, esp. in sense (b) above.
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the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [noun] > exhilarating drink
cordialc1405
cheerer1790
quaffer1942
warmer-upper1960
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > fortifying or reviving
hair of the dog that bit you1546
eye-opener1818
bracer1829
livener1870
corpse reviver1871
reviver1876
screw1877
fearnought1880
pickup1881
stiffener1928
warmer-upper1960
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > types of performer
pantomimus1589
amateur1757
figure1767
feature1801
débutant1824
warhorse1836
moke1890
trouper1890
chair-warmer1909
act1919
single1923
single act1952
warm-up man1959
warmer-up1960
1960 House & Garden Aug. 70/1 A tipple that has been a warmer-upper for British sailors since before Nelson's day.
1962 Guardian 22 Dec. 5/2 As so often it is the warmers-up (in this case Gordon and Bunny Jay) who do the hard work.
1972 Jazz & Blues Nov. 28/1 Shaw nuff is a very fast warmer-up.
1976 Ulverston (Cumbria) News 3 Dec. 19/2 As a ‘warmer-up’ the concert began with a rather pedestrian rendering of the Hebrides overture.
1980 Times 9 Dec. 2/1 Stone's Ginger Wine. The original warmer-upper. On its own or as a Stone's Whisky Mac.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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