A glowing piece of coal or wood; a hot coal. / Smoldering ash.

Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

plural of ember

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.

(obsolete) Synonym of Ember day

(rare) A unisex given name.

plural of Embering

The great northern loon, Gavia immer.

plural of ember-goose

(Christianity) Any of the three days within the same week, four separate sets of which occur roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that are set aside for fasting and prayer. In Western Christianity they are usually the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (14 September), and Saint Lucy's Day (13 December).