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Braziers

[brey-zher] Origin

bra·zier

1[brey-zher]
noun
1.
a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.
2.
a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.
Also, brasier.


Origin:
1680–90; earlier brasier < F. See braise, -er2

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bra·zier

2[brey-zher]
noun
a person who makes articles of brass.
Also, brasier.


Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English brasier, equivalent to Old English bræsi(an) to work in brass + -er -er1
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brazier
"metal container to hold burning coals," 1680s, from Fr. brasier "pan of hot coals," from O.Fr. brasier, from brese "embers" (see braise).
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