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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
em·ber       [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.  
  1. A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire.
  2. embers The smoldering coal or ash of a dying fire.


[Middle English embre, from Old English ǣmerge.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ember 
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.

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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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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 - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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