单词 | yule-log |
释义 | > as lemmasyule-log yule-log n. a large log of wood burnt on the hearth at Christmas. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 129 I am apt to believe, the Log has had the Name of the Yule-Log, from its being burnt as an Emblem of the returning Sun. 1848 H. W. Longfellow K. Witlaf's Drinking-horn viii The Yule-log cracked in the chimney. < as lemmas |
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