Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fiery"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

And fiery billows roll below. --I. Watts.

2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
--Shak.

The fiery spirit of his forefathers. --W. Irwing.

3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.

4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

One curbed the fiery steed. --Dryden.

5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
feverish. --Pope.

The sword which is made fiery. --Hooker.

{Fiery cross}, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
arms. --Sir W. Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fiery
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
{ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fervid}, {impassioned},
{perfervid}, {torrid}]
2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery
desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: {igneous}]
3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn: {flaming}]


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