| 单词 | fireward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfireward fireward n. now historical and rare = fire warden n. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fire-brigade > chief of fire-brigade firemaster1702 water engineer1711 fireward1714 fire warden1724 fire chief1847 fire marshal1854 1714 in Acts & Laws Massachusetts-Bay 218 Fire-wards..are fully Authorized and Impowred, to Command and Require Assistance for the Extinguishing and Putting out of the Fire. 1763 J. Adams Diary Feb. (1961) I. 238 Collectors, Wardens, Fire Wards, and Representatives are Regularly chosen. 1825 New-Eng. Galaxy & U.S. Literary Advertiser 15 Apr. 2 He..attempted to get elected Fireward. 1995 Archivist No. 108. 14/2 In Halifax, the Board of Firewards was established by a colonial act in 1788. Its responsibilities, among others, were ‘to nominate and license fit and proper persons to be Sweepers of Chimneys’. < as lemmas |
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