FIREHOOK
FI'REHOOK, noun A large hook for pulling down building in conflagrations.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FIRELOCK
FI'RELOCK, noun A musket, or other gun, with a lock, which is discharged by striking fire with flint and steel.
FIREMAN
FI'REMAN, noun1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns.2. A man of violent passions. [Not used.]
FIREMASTER
FI'REM'ASTER, noun An officer of artillery who superintends the composition of fireworks.
FIRENEW
FI'RENEW, adjective Fresh from the forge; bright.
FIREPAN
FI'REPAN, noun A pan for holding or conveying fire. Exodus 28:1.
FIREPLACE
FI'REPLACE, noun The part of a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth.
FIREPLUG
FI'REPLUG, noun A plug for drawing water from a pipe to extinguish fire.
FIREPOT
FI'REPOT, noun A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, used in military operations.
FIRER
FI'RER, noun One who sets fire to any thing; an incendiary.
FIRESHIP
FI'RESHIP, noun A vessel filled with combustibles and furnished with grappling irons to hook and set fire to an enemy's ships.
FIRESHOVEL
FI'RESHOVEL, noun A shovel or instrument for taking up or removing coals of fire.
FIRESIDE
FIRESIDE, noun A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
FIRESTICK
FI'RESTICK, noun A lighted stick or brand.
FIRESTONE
FI'RESTONE, noun1. A fossil, the pyrite. [See Pyrite.]2. A kind of freestone which bears a high degree of heat.
FIREWARD
FIREWARD,FIREWARDEN, noun An officer who has authority to direct others in the extinguishing of fires.
FIREWARDEN
FIREWARDEN, n. An officer who has authority to direct others in the extinguishing of fires.
FIREWOOD
FI'REWOOD, noun Wood for fuel.
FIREWORK
FI'REWORK, noun Usually in the plural, fireworks.Preparations of gun-powder, sulphur and other inflammable materials, used for making explosions in the air, on occasions of publ...
FIREWORKER
FI'REWORKER, noun An officer of artillery subordinate to the firemaster.
FIRING
FI'RING, participle present tense Setting fire to; kindling; animating; exciting; inflaming; discharging firearms.FI'RING, noun1. The act of discharging firearms.2. Fuel; firewo...
FIRING-IRON
FI'RING-IRON, noun An instrument used in farriery to discuss swellings and knots.
FIRK
FIRK, verb transitive To beat; to whip; to chastise. [Not used.]
FIRKIN
FIRKIN, noun fur'kin.A measure of capacity, being the fourth part of a barrel. It is nine gallons of beer, or eight gallons of ale, soap or herrings. In America, the firkin is r...
FIRLOT
FIR'LOT, noun A dry measure used in Scotland. The oat firlot contains 21 1/4 pints of that country; the wheat firlot 224 cubic inches; the barley firlot 21 standard pints.
FIRM
FIRM, adjective ferm. [Latin firmus. This is the root of Latin ferrum, iron.]1. Properly, fixed; hence, applied to the matter of bodies, it signifies closely compressed; compact...
FIRMAMENT
FIRMAMENT, noun ferm'ament. [Latin firmamentum, from firmus, firmo.]The region of the air; the sky or heavens. In scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; for such...