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| Processed by: | richwarm (2024-02-18 22:58:20 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 75653 - submitted by 'kbaiko' >> https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%87%A7 上古取火的器具：～石。～人氏（传说中人工取火的发明者）。 古代告警的烽火：烽～。 Sense 1 - usually seen in 燧石 (flint) but can also refer to wood (燧木) or mirrors (阳燧, 燧火镜, etc, see https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%98%B3%E7%87%A7/3512050) Sense 2 - see 烽燧 (beacon fire) but also some words like 举燧 (to start a fire) -------------------------------------------- Editor: "speculum" here is the archaic term defined in the OED as "a mirror or reflector (of glass or metal) used for some scientific purpose", as in "Archimedes burnt the ships of Marcellus, with speculums of parabolicall figures." * * * 鐩 : 〈書〉古代取火的用具。同「燧」。 例 「教民樵室鑽鐩，墐灶泄井，所以壽民也（《管子‧輕重己》）」。 https://www.moedict.tw/~%E9%90%A9 |
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- 燧 燧 [sui4] /fire/speculum/to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc/ # + 燧 燧 [[sui4]] /tools used in ancient times to light fires/beacon fire/ # + 燧 燧 [[sui4]] /(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays/(bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke/ - 鐩 𬭼 [sui4] /speculum/ + 鐩 𬭼 [[sui4]] /(literary) brass mirror used to light a fire by focusing the sun's rays/ |