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Examples
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Attach short legs that rest on the hearth Place (or make) a firegrate to hold burning firewood or gas logs or pipes.
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Bleakly, she looked over at the cold and blackened firegrate.
War of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1986
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Bleakly, she looked over at the cold and blackened firegrate.
War of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1986
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When he reached his room he flung his Herodotus into the nearest chair, and himself into the most comfortable one, and then beat a vicious serenade on his firegrate with the poker until dinner time.
Acton's Feud A Public School Story Frederick Swainson
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The floor in the kitchen was formed of clay, the parlour had a boarded floor, and the mantelpiece and roof were of very old wood, but there was neither firegrate nor fire.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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Ratio of flue area through tubes to firegrate area.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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The total area of firegrate surface is 863 sq. ft, and of heating surface 26.936 sq. ft.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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Ratio of least sectional area of chimney to firegrate area.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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Hungarian grandee with a name fit to crack walnuts, and a moustache like an antelope's horns set over a firegrate to speak of her ancestors.
The Man Who Drove the Car Max Pemberton 1906
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Rayne was alone, standing on the hearthrug with his back to the big, open firegrate.
The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance William Le Queux 1895
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