| 单词 | strike-a-light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrike-a-light strike-a-light n. a flint used for striking fire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel flinta700 firestoneeOE pyritesOE steelc1220 fire ironc1300 pyrite stonec1475 fire striker1483 furisonc1540 fusil1580 fire steel1585 flintstone1585 tindern iron1586 marcasite1682 briquet1823 fleerish1825 strike-a-light1870 1870 E. T. Stevens Flint Chips 588 Of the articles called ‘strike-a-light’ there is a small quantity annually exported to the East. 1870 Spectator 13 Aug. 976 Flakes..unfit for the manufacture of gun-flints are made into ‘strike-a-lights,’ for the use of the tinder-box. 1878 J. C. Southall Epoch of Mammoth xv. 272 M. de Mortillet..took the ground that ordinarily the flints found in Merovingian graves were either ‘strike-a-lights’ (pierres à feu) or amulettes. < as lemmas |
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