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[em-ber] Pronunciation Key
[em-ber] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire. |
| 2. | embers, the smoldering remains of a fire. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME eemer, emeri, OE ǣmerge, ǣmyrie (c. ON eimyrja, OHG eimuria), equiv. to ǣm- (c. ON eimr steam) + -erge, -yrie, akin to OE ys(e)le ember, L ūrere to burn]
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| em·ber
(ěm'bər) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English embre, from Old English ǣmerge.] |
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O.E. æmerge "ember," merged with or infl. by O.N. eimyrja, both from P.Gmc. *aim-uzjon "ashes" (cf. Ger. Ammern), from *aima- "ashes" + *uzjo "to burn," from PIE base *ai- "to burn." The -b- is intrusive.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ember | |
noun | |
| a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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. Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
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