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  • noun Obsolete form of thermometer.

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Examples

  • My 6 year old loves to use the thermometre in the milk and it saves so much money not to mention the endless plastic containers!

    » Resolving to Live Sustainably Strocel.com 2009

  • Back over low-medium heat for 10 minutes or so, stiring all the time, until the custard “nappe” the wooden spoon fanny : it means that the custard coats the spoon: if you have a thermometre you should know this : cook until the temperature reaches 83°C, then remove from the heat for 2 minutes, still stirring.

    foodbeam » 2005 » July 2005

  • Back over low-medium heat for 10 minutes or so, stiring all the time, until the custard “nappe” the wooden spoon fanny : it means that the custard coats the spoon: if you have a thermometre you should know this : cook until the temperature reaches 83°C, then remove from the heat for 2 minutes, still stirring.

    foodbeam » Glace à la vanille fondante with black cherries 2005

  • I do not think there was any passage in that book which so appealed to him as when Rodolphe worked in his adventitious fur-coat in his windy garret, declaring genially: "Maintenant le thermometre va etre furieusement vexe."

    The Private Life of Henry Maitland Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942 1912

  • It consists of two thermometre tubes placed, side by side, on a metalic scale, which is graduated equally to both tubes.

    History and Practice of the Art of Photography Henry Hunt Snelling 1856

  • To make it more portable it is in three pieces, a b and c; having a groove e on one side to receive the thermometre tube and scale by which the proper degree of heating the mercury is ascertained.

    History and Practice of the Art of Photography Henry Hunt Snelling 1856

  • I love the way the writers are managing to help combat some stereotypes and put the thermometre on overdrive ... those two nearly manage to give Bette and Tina a run for their money on hottest Mommies on the block ...

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

  • I know enough from last time I got malaria to measure my fever regularly with a thermometre, to drink water and to keep my head cool.

    :: louder than swahili 2009

  • December 8th, 2009 SYDNEY - Physicists have devised a thermometre that can potentially gauge temperatures as ultracold as tens of trillionths of a degree above absolute zero.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • As the thermometre continued to plummet, both inside the house and out, I started to worry.

    THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS 2009

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