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<hw>Fire"-fanged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fire</ets> + <ets>fanged</ets> seized.]</ety> <def>Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.</def>

<h1>Firefish</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A singular marine fish of the genus <spn>Pterois</spn>, family <spn>Scorp\'91nid\'91</spn>, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.</def>

<h1>Fireflaire</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"flaire`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fire</ets> + Prov. E. <ets>flaire</ets> a ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European sting ray of the genus <spn>Trygon</spn> (<spn>T. pastinaca</spn>); -- called also <altname>fireflare</altname> and <altname>fiery flaw</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fireflame</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"flame`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European band fish (<spn>Cepola rubescens</spn>).</def>

<h1>Firefly</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fireflies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family <spn>Lampyrid\'91</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; The common American species belong to the genera <spn>Photinus</spn> and <spn>Photuris</spn>, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of <spn>Elaterid\'91</spn>. See <er>Fire beetle</er>.</note>

<h1>Fireless</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of fire.</def>

<h1>Firelock</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"lock`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.</def>

<h1>Fireman</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Firemen</plw> <tt>(-m<it>e</it>n)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.</def>

<h1>Fire-new</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"-new`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.</def>

<i>Charles reade.</i>

<blockquote>Your <b>fire-new</b> stamp of honor is scarce current. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fireplace</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"place`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.</def>

<h1>Fireproof</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"proof`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Proof against fire; incombustible.</def>

<h1>Fireprrofing</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"prrof`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.</def>

<h1>Firer</h1> <Xpage=562>