| 单词 | on a light fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also of, in) a light fire † on (also of, in) a light fire: on fire; in a blaze. Obsolete.Common from the 16th to 18th centuries. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 211v And than sodaynly as they felte the fyre yssue out of their mowthes and the fumee & smoke in suche habondance that hit semed alle on a lyght fyre. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. f. 57v At that tyme also was fire cried at Giethorne, and soone after, many houses were seene on a light fire. 1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 24 All Sodome was of a light fire. 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 110 The Flashes were so thick, the Sky was almost in a light Fire. 1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 717 He piled those ancient books together and set them all on a light fire. < as lemmas |
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