Part 4325

<hw>Fir"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>R. Carew.</i>

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

<hw>Fire"-set`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.</def>

<h1>Fireside</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"side`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.</def>

<h1>Firestone</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"stone`</hw> <tt>(?; 110)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/rst\'ben</ets> flint; <ets>f<?/r</ets> fire + <ets>st\'ben</ets> stone.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Firetail</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European redstart; -- called also <altname>fireflirt</altname>.</def> <mark>[prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Firewarden</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"ward`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also <altname>fireward</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fireweed</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American plant (<spn>Erechthites hiercifolia</spn>), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The great willow-herb (<spn>Epilobium spicatum</spn>).</def>

<h1>Firewood</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Wood for fuel.</def>

<h1>Firework</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of <i>firework</i>. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A pyrotechnic exhibition.</def> <mark>[Obs. in the sing.]</mark>

<blockquote>Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a <b>firework</b>. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fireworm</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fire"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also <altname>cranberry worm</altname>.</def>

<h1>Firing</h1> <Xpage=562>

<hw>Fir"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disharging firearms.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>