Definitions for: Ember


[n] a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: coal

See Also: fragment

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