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ember Noun a smouldering piece of coal or wood remaining after a fire has died [Old English ǣmyrge]
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| Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Finally, I suggested that we experiment with it and see what it would do, so Perry built a fire, after placing the powder at a safe distance, and then touched a glow-ing ember to a minute particle of the deadly explosive. |
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ember - a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering