firedrake

• A firedrake, angered at the loss of a part of a treasure, which he had for three hundred years been guarding in a cavern, laid waste the land in the hero's kingdom. —  Halleck's New English Literature
• Then follows the fight with the firedrake, in which Beowulf, wrapped in fire and smoke, is helped by the heroism of Wiglaf, one of his companions. —  English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World
• A star, a daystar, a firedrake, rose at his birth. —  Ulysses
• The firedrake. —  Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book"
• Then a "firedrake," guarding an immense hoard of treasure (as in most of the old dragon stories), begins to ravage the land. —  Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived

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