fire beatern.1
/ˈfʌɪə ˌbiːtə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌbidər/ English regional (northern) in later use. Now historical.
A person who kindles or feeds a fire, a stoker. Cf. beet v. II.Attested earliest in a surname.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with ovens or furnaces
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > feeding or tending fire > one who tends a fire
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1332 Lay Subsidy Roll in Eng. Stud. (1952) 33 19 Joh. le Fuyrbeter.
1622 P. Hannay Songs & Sonnets in Nightingale 243 Harbingers for Pluto Prince of hell, Or his fire-beaters one might rightly deeme.
1806 Reg. St. Peter's Church, Burnley in www.lan-opc.org.uk (O.E.D. Archive) John Ingham, Fire Beeter.
1883 Manch. Guardian 17 Oct. 5/2 A determined attempt was made by a firebeater..to murder his wife.
1943 T. Thompson Lancs. Rampant vi. 28 ‘Eli's a bit bad to fit, being bowlegged.’ ‘So wor our firebeater at th' factory,’ said Mrs. Simpson.
2011 D. Hall Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes iii. 99 If correctly fired by an experienced firebeater using good-quality coal, Lancashire boilers could maintain the boiler's maximum working pressure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fire beatern.2
/ˈfʌɪə ˌbiːtə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌbidər/ An instrument for extinguishing a fire by beating it down repeatedly, typically consisting of a wide flap of leather or other material attached to a long handle. Also: a person using such an instrument.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with ovens or furnaces
fire beater1332
fireman1377
oven-stirrer1611
stoker1660
teaser1797
oven-man1832
coal passer1851
furnacer1853
furnaceman1883
fire beater1895
1895 Month Oct. 248 Many creatures are saved.., for in shouting, tooting, and whistling.., to say nothing of the continuous thresh, thresh, flap, thresh, thresh, flap of the fire beaters, notice is given them to quit [the vicinity of a forest fire] very unceremoniously.
1905 Agric. Gaz. of New S. Wales 2 Mar. 257 A very effective fire-beater is made by attaching an oblong-shaped piece of greenhide..to a handle about 4 feet long.
1970 Guardian 23 June 5 (caption) A lone fire beater on the Yorkshire moors near Pateley Bridge.
2005 Forestry & Brit. Timber 1 May 17 It [sc. the new backpack fire extinguisher] can also allow..the use of a fire beater.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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