Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fire-breathing dragon of Germanic mythology.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fiery dragon or serpent.
- n. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus.
- n. A kind of firework.
- n. A worker at a furnace or fire: an allusive use.
Wiktionary
- n. A fire-breathing dragon in German mythology
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fiery dragon.
- n. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
- n. A worker at a furnace or fire.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
Etymologies
- Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca : fȳr, fire; see fire + draca, dragon; see drake2.
Examples
“That it was not a firedrake was the only thing any of Gold’s companions knew as fact.”
“Then a "firedrake," guarding an immense hoard of treasure (as in most of the old dragon stories), begins to ravage the land.”
“The Shadowleague sends out a Veldan her firedrake Kazairl to find the heart of Myrial.”
“Two warriors and their firedrake companion seek him in order to save the world before it is too late.”
“Visibility improved to where the firedrake could see his host.”
“It was decorated with serpents, identifying it as a weapon of a firedrake warrior.”
“The firedrake stared into the cold, dead eyes of his host and shook his head.”
“Pushing a wandering firedrake back into the bunch, Gwen muttered, What do we do now?”
“The item in hand, the firedrake dismissed his servant.”
“For that matter, any stranger could very well turn out to be another firedrake or some other sinister terror.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘firedrake’.
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English
Anglo-Saxon rootwords
mote, huru, byspel, elfshine, infaru, snotor, dern, upspring, meed, lof, queem, hof and 82 more...
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Rakes
rake, rakes, brakes, hale, as thin as a rake, rakehell, horserake, star-wheel rake, hand-rake, rake helly, A child sitting i..., sulky rake and 47 more...
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