/em"beuhr/ , n.
1. a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
2. embers , the smoldering remains of a fire.
[ bef. 1000; ME eemer, emeri, OE aemerge, aemyrie (c. ON eimyrja, OHG eimuria ), equiv. to aem- (c. ON eimr steam) + -erge, -yrie, akin to OE ys ( e ) le ember, L urere to burn ]