Dictionary entry

Firedrake

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fire″drake′ (?), n. [AS. fȳrdraca; fȳr fire + draca a dragon. See Fire, and Drake a dragon.] 1. A fiery dragon. Beau. & Fl.

2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

3. A worker at a furnace or fire. B. Jonson.

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