单词 | a spunk of fire |
释义 | > as lemmasa spunk of fire c. A small fire. Also in a spunk of fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > small fire firelingc1540 widow's fire1619 widow1710 spunk1802 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. s.v. Spunk of fire, a very small fire. 1806 J. Nicol Poems I. 18 (Jam.) I see thee shiverin, wrinklet, auld, Cour owre a spunk that dies wi' cauld. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 175 Ye may light a spunk o' fire in the red room. 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xx. 228 What, ain't there a spunk of fire? < as lemmas |
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