fire-steel

In a moment of respite from attack he struck his fire-steel and burned a hair of the king-lion; and he had just succeeded in this when the negroes charged again and all but took him prisoner.

The Brown Fairy Book 2003

From the left side of her belt, from the left side only, there hung a jingling cluster of ceremonial articles: a knife, scissors, sewing implements consisting of a bone needle and a bundle of sinews for thread, a pipe and tobacco, fire-steel and punk, silver gew-gaws and a number of mysterious articles shaped from bone.

The Road Leads On 2003

My situation appeared desperate: without my coat; without my gun; without even a fire-steel.

Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River 1913

And as he took his fire-steel and whetted a keener edge upon his knife, a smile of hunter's contentment overspread his face, because he well knew how soon he was to use the blade.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

It is a gold fire-steel, every spark struck from which becomes a powerful spirit whose service is at the command of the possessor.

A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888

Hence the placing of scissors and fire-steel in an unchristened babe's cradle.

The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

So, too, in Sweden people who bathed in the sea were gravely advised to cast into it close to them a fire-steel, a knife, or the like, to prevent any monster from hurting them.

The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

The prince mounted to the roof, and, getting into a corner, struck his fire-steel and burned one of the

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

In a moment of respite from attack he struck his fire-steel and burned a hair of the king-lion; and he had just succeeded in this when the negroes charged again and all but took him prisoner.

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

A Chukch showed me a large fire-steel of the last mentioned kind, provided with a special handle of copper beautifully polished by long-continued use.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866