单词 | fire piece |
释义 | > as lemmasfire 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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