brazier

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.

noun

Etymology: From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.

1. An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.

   “One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).”

   “At almost any time, while the boats weigh anchor, a small party can be seen in the stern, clustering about a charcoal brazier- a woman busy dishing out bowls of soup and macaroni, and men in palm-leaf hats, their bronzed bodies stripped to the waist, hurriedly scooping up steaming threads with the aid of long wooden chop-sticks.”