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Fire-screen. World English Historical Dictionary

Fire-screen. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022. Fire-screen 1.  A movable screen, whether hanging, standing, or for use with the hand, to intercept the heat of the fire.

1 1758.  Johnson, Idler, No. 13, 8 July, ¶ 8. We have twice as many fire-skreens as chimneys, and three flourished quilts for every bed.

2 1824.  Scott, St. Ronan’s, xxii. A couple of her ladyship’s drawings, made up into fire-screens.

3 1833.  N. Armott, Physics, II. 44. In our drawing-rooms it is common to have plate-glass fire-screens, which, while they allow the light to pass, defend the face from the heat.

4   2.  A wire frame placed in front of a fire to keep back sparks, falling cinders, etc.; a fire-guard.

5 1874.  Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 871/1. Fire-screen. 1. A fire-guard or fender. 2. A screen to place between a person and the fire to intercept the direct rays.

6   3.  Naut. (see quot.)

7 1815.  Falconer’s Marine Dict. (ed. Burney), 436, s.v. Screen, Fire-screens are pieces of fearnought … hooked round the magazine passages, and also round the hatchways, where it is necessary to pass the powder.

8 1867.  in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.

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