Ĕm'ber, n.

n. [A-S. ǽmyrie, hot ashes, Icel. eimiria, eymiria, Dan. ämmer, ammer, Scot. ameris, aumers.] A lighted coal, smouldering amid ashes;—used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smouldering remains of a fire; cinders. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrook. He rakes hot embers, and renews the fire. Dryden.