| 单词 | foot stove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot stove foot stove n. now chiefly historical a small portable stove used to warm the feet. ΘΚΠ 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 warming the person > the feet foot stove1611 stove1716 chauffet1790 foot-warmer1812 foot pan1817 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues sig. Qivv/2 Chauffe-pied, a foot-stoue; a little and low stoue that serues to keepe the feet warme. 1752 tr. E. F. Gersaint Catal. Etchings Rembrandt 167 She sits on a carved Seat, and her right Foot is on a Foot-Stove, to which the Dutch Women are so accustomed, that even in Summer they use them without Fire. 1818 Art of preserving Feet 152 Our English travellers..should always be on their guard against the use of feet-stoves. 1882 W. D. Howells in Longman's Mag. Nov. 46 The foot-stove which one of his congregation..carried to meeting, and warmed his poor feet with. 1963 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Apr. 43 He used to have a foot stove carried to his pew while attending service in the wintertime. 2014 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Oct. 22 Foot stoves, often fired by turf, helped to combat the cold and damp. < as lemmas |
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