firedrake
English
Etymology
From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent of fire + drake.
Noun
firedrake (plural firedrakes)
- A fire-breathing dragon
- ... the incensed firedrake, in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction, — Helene A. Guerber, The Book of the Epic, 1913
- A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
- A kind of firework
- A worker at a furnace or fire (an allusive use)
Related terms
- earthdrake
- seadrake
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopdia
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