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FI'REPOT, n. A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, used in military oper...
FI'RER, n. One who sets fire to any thing; an incendiary.
FI'RESHIP, n. A vessel filled with combustibles and furnished with grappling iro...
FI'RESHOVEL, n. A shovel or instrument for taking up or removing coals of fire.
FIRESIDE, n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
FI'RESTICK, n. A lighted stick or brand.
FI'RESTONE, n. 1. A fossil, the pyrite. [See Pyrite .] 2. A kind of freestone wh...
FIREWARD, FIREWARDEN, n. An officer who has authority to direct others in the ex...
FI'REWOOD, n. Wood for fuel.
FI'REWORK, n. Usually in the plural, fireworks. Preparations of gun-powder, sulp...
FI'REWORKER, n. An officer of artillery subordinate to the firemaster.
FI'RING, ppr. Setting fire to; kindling; animating; exciting; inflaming; dischar...
FI'RING-IRON, n. An instrument used in farriery to discuss swellings and knots.
FIRK, v.t. To beat; to whip; to chastise. [Not used.]
FIRKIN, n. fur'kin. A measure of capacity, being the fourth part of a barrel. It...
FIR'LOT, n. A dry measure used in Scotland. The oat firlot contains 21 1/4 pints...