firelightern.
/ˈfʌɪəˌlʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌlaɪdər/ 1. A person who lights a fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > making or kindling of fire > one who
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1770 W. Hooper tr. J. F. von Bielfeld Elements Universal Erudition III. viii. 196 This book was intitled Zendavesta, and by contraction Zend; a word that signifies the fire lighter [Fr. l'Allume-feu].
1782 Ann. Reg. 1780 127/1 The third secretary of state is useless, and how am I to prove it but by the notoriety of the fact? Will the deputy, the clerks, or even the fire-lighter, come to prove it?
1853 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 5 Nov. (1954) II. 123 Will you..send me the address of the London agent for the Firelighters?
1984 D. Francis Proof xv. 179 From the fireplace protruded the trousered behind of the luckless firelighter, to the interest and entertainment of scattered armchaired guests.
2015 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 8 Mar. 36 The Juvenile and Family Fire Awareness (JAFFA) program..targeting serial fire lighters aged six to 16..has a 90 per cent success rate.
2. A material or substance for lighting a fire; (in later use) esp. a small block of wax or other flammable material that has been impregnated with a flammable substance such as kerosene.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun]
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > touch-wood-paper
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1771 T. Deletanville New French Dict. Allumeur, a candle or fire-lighter.
1871 Liverpool Mercury 1 June 6/5 (advt.) Firelighters!..Price 2s. 6d. per 100 firelighters.
1897 Daily News 4 June 8/2 Firelighters, specially prepared,..to light all the bonfires throughout the country.
1957 Times 9 Sept. 11/5 New-fangled, oil-soaked, ‘fire-lighters’ and suchlike meretricious aids are nothing but barefaced cheating.
2009 B. O'Donoghue Ben's Barbecue 7 Don't try to cook until the firelighters have burnt out or you will taint your food with the unpleasant fumes of accelerant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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