brasier
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the brasier, across the room, burned a flickering fire.
From Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists by Lee, Jennette
Desiring Fawkes to place himself in the centre of the circle, Doctor Dee took several ingredients from a basket handed him by Kelley, and cast them into the brasier.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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
On a square stone brasier, fed with glowing coals, the rice-pot steamed.
From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil
An iron bar with a handle of wood bound in red cloth was being made red hot in a brasier.
From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage
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