单词 | fire fan |
释义 | > as lemmasfire fan fire fan n. (a) a small hand-held fire screen (see fire screen n. 1a); †(b) a mechanically powered fan in a portable forge for producing a current of air (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun] > fire-screen > specific type fire fan1619 pole-screen1789 banner-screen1864 society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > bellows bellowsa800 fire blower?a1440 fire bellows?a1500 ball-bellows1634 fire fan1875 1619 Inventory 1 Dec. in Jacobean Househ. Inventories (1938) 89 A great rake, a little rake, a fan, a fierfan, a payre of tonges. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 43 They praise..the Fire-Fan that is offer'd them. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 867/2 Fire-fan, a small blast apparatus adapted to a portable forge. 1998 Econ. Bot. 52 386/1 People fashioned plate substitutes and fire fans from the leaves. < as lemmas |
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