brasier
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Prince and peasant use rice-paper in place of glass, and a portable brasier to warm the hands and feet and to cook with; there are no fireplaces in the country, except in European houses.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray
A brasier is not suffer’d to dwell in the parish, nor an armourer.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles
The flickering, vacillating flame in the expiring brasier seemed to cry for fresh fuel.
From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Sue, Eugène
We noticed this woodcutter's hut and a brasier that was almost extinct.
From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Sue, Eugène
S sounds like zh when preceded by the accent and a vowel, and followed by a diphthong or long u as in brasier, usual.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
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