firedrake

English

Etymology

From Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca (“fire-spewing dragon”), equivalent of fire +‎ drake.

Noun

firedrake (plural firedrakes)

  1. 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
  2. A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
  3. A kind of firework
  4. A worker at a furnace or fire (an allusive use)

References
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopdia

Further reading
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