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firelock
  • n  a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
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firedrake
  • n  a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
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firefighter
  • n  a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
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firefly
  • n  tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
  • n  nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
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fireguard
  • n  a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
  • n  a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
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firelighter
  • n  (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire
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fireman
  • n  play in which children pretend to put out a fire
  • n  a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
  • n  a pitcher who does not start the game
  • n  a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
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