fireborne

F4I1R1E1B3O1R1N1E1

adjective

Originating from or transmitted by fire.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivefireborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOriginating from or transmitted by fire.

    An accumulation of such fireborne fragmentary material is called a “pyroclastic rock.”

    2001, James A. Woodhead, editor, Earth Science, volume 3, Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, →ISBN, page 1303
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    From 66 to 99% of fireborne PCB contamination and more than 99% of experimental contamination was removed from fire fighters protective clothing using the system.

    1987 December 15, J.R. Kominsky, “Health-Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 84-180-1776, Jacksonville Fire Department, Jacksonville, Florida”, in Energy Research Abstracts, volume 12, number 23, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 6722

    The original beacon fire was lit in the vicinity of Troy, from where it was seen by lookouts on the neighboring island of Lemnos, who lit their own fire in turn and passed the signal on. In this manner the fireborne message traverses the entire periphery of the Aegean before arriving at Argos in southern Greece.

    2001, John T. Kirby, World Eras, volume 6, Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group : Gale/Thomson, →ISBN, page 106
  2. not comparablerareOf a rocket, supported by or riding on the thrust of its engines.

    A soft lurch told that the rockets were off the ground — fireborne. The pressure of acceleration mounted.

    1961, Raymond Z. Gallun, The Planet Strappers, page 44
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    But I was pure metal-jacketed, fireborne death, howling silently toward the steek cruiser that was Thorsten’s flagship, the best known and most feared silhouette in space.

    1953 July, Algis Budrys, “Blood on my Jets”, in Rocket Stories, page 38

    The ship was in sight now from our shellhole but, although fireborne, she was not lifting. She hung there, balanced delicately atop the incandescent pillar of her screaming exhaust.

    1981, Chandler A. Bertram, When the Dream Dies, →ISBN, page 120

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuir
  4. Old Englishfȳr
  5. Middle Englishfyr
  6. Englishfire
  7. Englishfireborne

From fire + -borne.

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