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单词 fire block
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fire blockn.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪə ˌblɒk/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌblɑk/
Forms: see fire n. and int. and block n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., block n.
Etymology: < fire n. + block n.
1. A block of fire-resistant material, typically for use in or around a fire. Now rare.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun] > making fire-proof > specific fire-proof materials
firestone1399
fire blocka1636
fireclay1686
firebrick1749
fireboard1868
silicate boarda1884
a1636 J. Rogers Godly Expos. First Epist. Peter (1650) i. 19 I could be content to lie as a fire-block in Hell till the day of Judgement.
1636 R. James tr. Minucius Felix Octavius 93 The wodden God, a peice perchance of some vnhappy poste or fireblocke, is hung vp, cut, squard, and hewed.
1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. II. 871/2 Fire-blocks for holding the plates whilst a heating in the furnace, or forge.
2009 Boys' Life Nov. 22/2 Part of their job was lugging truckloads of old fire blocks to be used to build stairs to provide public access to the site.
2. A piece of wood on which a spindle or drill is used to start a fire by friction; = fireboard n. 4.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun]
tindera700
foodOE
eletc1200
firec1300
fuela1398
eldinga1400
firingc1487
betting1521
pabulum1675
fire block1834
fire mixture1855
alternative fuel1906
1834 F. Mahony tr. P. J. de Béranger Pop. Recoll. Buonaparte in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 598/2 I..made the kindling fireblocks shine.
1856 F. Galton Art of Trav. (ed. 2) 25 The ‘fire block’ is more important than the drill stick..[it] must be of wood with little grain, and of a middle degree of softness, and sufficiently inflammable.
1880 Missionary Herald (Cambridge, Mass.) Feb. 69 Fire was obtained by friction from a fire block, and in one case a chief used the shin-bone of one of the other chiefs who had been conquered.
1919 Boys' Life Apr. 51/1 Joe..whirled the drill round and round in its pit and made it bore slightly into the dry wood of the fire-block.
1996 D. G. White Alchemical Body vii. 216 When the Vedic sacrificer used a fire drill and block to create a spark..it was presumed that the fire produced was latent in the wood of the fire block.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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