| 单词 | at, by, or round the ingle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat, by, or round the ingle 1. Fire; a fire burning upon the hearth; a house-fire. Now chiefly in at, by, or round the ingle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > a fire on a hearth fireOE branda1300 ingle?a1513 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Fane at evin for to bring hame a single, Syne rubbit at ane vther auld wyvis ingle. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iii. 16 Sum otheris brocht the fontane watter fayr And sum the haly ingill wyth thame bair. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 667 Thou sat sa neir the chimney nuik..Fast be the ingle. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 26 Ingle (Cumb.), fire, a blaze or flame. 1721 A. Ramsay Up in Air 2 Now the sun's gane out o' sight Beet the ingle, and snuff the light. 1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night iii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie, His clean hearth-stane. 1820 J. Keats Fancy in Lamia & Other Poems 123 Sit thee by the ingle, when The sear faggot blazes bright. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 270 With stories such as these..the holy man whiled away our windy March nights by the ingle. 1882 M. Oliphant Lit. Hist. Eng. I. 165 The landlord and all his guests were assembled round the ingle. < as lemmas |
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