单词 | fire flag |
释义 | > as lemmasfire flag fire flag n. rare †(a) poetic a celestial or auroral flame (obsolete); (b) a flag giving warning of fire. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun] > trail train1559 fire flag1798 meteor streak1869 meteor trail1895 society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific black flag1583 yellow flag1587 red flag1748 yellow jack1753 Blue Peter1754 fire flag1798 recall1832 pilot jack1848 homeward-bound pennant1853 powder flag1864 paying-off pennant1869 Peter1890 storm flag1896 negative flag1897 blackball1966 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 27 A hundred fire-flags sheen. 1856 J. G. Whittier in Salem (Mass.) Reg. 1 Sept. 1/4 The Northern Lights are shaking Their fire-flags in the sky! 1879 Ann. Reg. 22 The red ensign reversed (fire-flag) was run up. 1949 Amer. Forests Oct. 8/1 Often gas station attendants warn the motorists..: ‘The fire flag is up today; please be specially careful.’ < as lemmas |
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