Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ember"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ember \Em"ber\, n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. ?myrie; akin to
Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor,
smoke.]
A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the
plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering
remains of a fire. ``He rakes hot embers.'' --Dryden.
He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel.
--Colebrooke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ember \Em"ber\, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop.,
running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr.
rinnan to run. See {Amb-}, and {Run}.]
Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in
each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ember
n : a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left
from a fire [syn: {coal}]
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