单词 | to burn a bowl |
释义 | > as lemmasto burn a bowl 17. to burn the water: to spear salmon by torchlight. Also, to burn a bowl, to burn a curling stone, etc.: to displace it accidentally. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > fish for type of fish [verb (intransitive)] > for salmon in specific manner to burn the water1805 1805 J. Skene in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) II. 265 This amusement of burning the water..was not without some hazard. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 5/1 Water-bailiffs are sent up the rivers at certain times to prevent ‘burning the water’. < as lemmas |
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