† fire-poten.
English regional (northern). Obsolete.
A metal rod for poking or stirring the fire; a poker. Cf. pote n.1 1b.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker
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1638 in P. C. D. Brears Yorks. Probate Inventories (1972) 85 Item 3 other chaires fire poyte and a range.
1651 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 51 Mending the fire with the fire-poite.
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 426 A fire Poit, an iron to stir up the fire with.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 58 Fire-poat, the poker.
1865 E. Waugh Goblin's Grave 15 Iv aw'd had a red-whot fire-pote or two.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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