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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An open recess for holding a fire at the base of a chimney; a hearth.
  2. n. A structure, usually of stone or brick, for holding an outdoor fire.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The part of a chimney which opens into an apartment, and in which fuel is burned; in a restricted sense, a place for a fire in which the fuel is supported on andirons or is placed upon the hearth. The bottom or floor of the fireplace is called the hearth, sometimes the inner hearth; a broad flat stone placed in front of the hearth is called the slab or outer hearth. The vertical sides of the fireplace-opening are termed the jambs, and the lintel which lies on them is called the mantel. The part of the wall immediately above the mantel is called the breast, and the wall behind the fireplace the back. The tube which conveys the smoke from the fireplace to the top of the chimney is called the flue. The fireplace-cavity being much wider than the flue, they are joined by a tapering portion, at the narrowest part of which there is often a damper for regulating the draft. The fuel is burned on andirons or, if coal, in an iron receptacle or grate.

Wiktionary

  1. n. an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

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  • winddancer I believe in fires at midnight ---
    When the dogs have all been fed.
    A golden toddy on the mantle ---
    A broken gun beneath the bed.
    Silken mist outside the window.
    Frogs and newts slip in the dark ---
    Too much hurry ruins the body.
    I'll sit easy ... fan the spark
    Kindled by the dying embers of another working day.
    Go upstairs ... take off your makeup ---
    Fold your clothes neatly away.
    Me, I'll sit and write this love song
    As I all too seldom do ---
    Build a little fire this midnight.
    It's good to be back home with you.

    Jethro Tull Jul 16, 2009

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