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单词 fire piece
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fire piece
fire piece n. now somewhat rare (a) = firearm n.; (b) a work of art in which fire is represented or (in later use also) utilized.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun]
cane of fire1550
shota1578
fire1590
fire piece1592
fireweapon?1592
powder instrument1613
firearm1643
firegun1677
bulldog1700
nail driver1823
peacemaker1840
thunder stick1918
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > paintings of other scenes
pageant1451
fire piece1592
rhopographer1730
candlelight1763
hunting-piece1765
interior1829
fête galante1851
1592 J. Eliot Survay France 67 S Steuen of Turan, where they make the armour and fire peeces that are vsed through the realme.
1689 Coll. Prints & Paintings sold by Auction 19th July The Fire-piece of Troy, with thousands of Figures in it, finely painted on Copper.
1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 358 Twenty-seven Foresters, with Fire-Pieces in their Arms.
1775 J. Wright Let. in Athenæum 10 July (1886) 56/3 A report that I paint fire-pieces admirably.
1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 485 It is intended for a fire-light effect; yet it is without depth, or..any one thing that we can see, to recommend it... We most sincerely hope the trustees will not burn their fingers by touching this fire-piece.
1872 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 15 855 I should like to ask whether the principle can be applied to a central fire piece, such as we have at present, or such as we are likely to have in the Army.
1921 Lake County Times (Hammond, Indiana) 7 Nov. 1/1 Officer Pedro..overpowered him and seized his fire piece before he was aware of the officer's presence.
1971 Washington Post 17 June c12 His gallery, which will show..an outdoor fire piece by Geny Dignac, will be open late this evening.
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