Cinder

Definitions

1. A river in Alaska.
2. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
3. A female given name.
4. An ember.
5. Slag from a metal furnace.
6. Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.
   colloquial, dated

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Examples

“Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need⟳ no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust⟳ of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.”

“If from adown the hopeful chops The fat upon the cinder drops, To stinking smoke⟳ it turns the flame, Poisoning the flesh from whence it came”

“Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine⟳, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have⟳ seconded the motion.”

“She'd sit⟳ by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give⟳ in to her demands, no matter⟳ how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get⟳ Mary sober.”

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