Ember

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.