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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ember \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ember \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ember n : a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire [syn: {coal}]
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