a. (UN-1 7 b.)
1877. R. Bruce, A Voice from the Australian Bush, 55.
And there wis thim as said that cottage thatch | |
Was as unburnable as stone or brick, | |
For they had thried it wid a lighted shtick, | |
And twouldnt catch. |
1881. Harpers Weekly, XXV. 455. There is scarcely a town that does not contain his unburnable chests [= safes].