单词 | astre |
释义 | astren. A hearth, a home. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > hearth or fire symbolic of fireeOE astre?a1500 hearthsteada1500 reek1542 reek house1542 hearth1585 smoke1605 home fire1611 fireside1613 ingle-side?a1750 foyer1908 1292 Britton ii. xxxviii. §6 Chescun communer qi ad astre en mesme la vile.] ?a1500 in Utterson Pop. Poetry II. 78 (Halliw.) Bad her take the pot..And set it aboove upon the astire. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 562 Astre, that is to say, the stocke, harth, or chimney, for fire. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 278 They have the privilege of the Astre, or herth for fire, in the Mansion house. 1882 C. Elton Orig. Eng. Hist. 191 [In] Montgomeryshire..Auster~land is that which had a house upon it in ancient times. Derivatives astrer n. (see quot.) ΚΠ 1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton II. 155 (note) An astrer..was a peasant householder, residing at the hearth or home where he was bred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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