Fire-new
(Fire"-new`) a. Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
Shak. Fireplace
(Fire"place`) n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; — usually an open recess
in a wall, in which a fire may be built.
Fireproof
(Fire"proof`) a. Proof against fire; incombustible.
Fireproofing
(Fire"proof`ing) n. The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials
used in the process.
Firer
(Fir"er) n. One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary. [R.] R. Carew.
Fire-set
(Fire"-set`) n. A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
Fireside
(Fire"side`) n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Firestone
(Fire"stone`) n. [AS. fyrstan flint; fyr fire + stan stone.]
1. Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.
2. A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; — especially applied to the sandstone at
the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. Ure.
Firetail
(Fire"tail`) n. (Zoöl.) The European redstart; — called also fireflirt. [prov. Eng.]