Hypertext Webster Gateway: "firedrake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Firedrake \Fire"drake`\, n. [AS. f?rdraca; f?r fire + draca a
dragon. See {Fire}, and {Drake} a dragon.] [Obs.]
1. A fiery dragon. --Beau. & Fl.
2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
3. A worker at a furnace or fire. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
firedrake
n : a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as
breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes
wings [syn: {dragon}]
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