firedrake

plural firedrakes · alternative fire-drake · alternative fire drake

1. A fire-breathing dragon, or otherwise fiery dragon.

   Then was the folk-scather for the third of times yet, The fierce fire-drake, all mindful of feud;

   1895, W Morris, AJ Wyatt (trans.), The Tale of Beowulf (2689)

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   […] the incensed firedrake, in revenge, flies all over the land, vomiting fire and smoke in every direction, […]

   1913, Helene A. Guerber, The Book of the Epic

   Synonyms: firedragon

2. A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket.

   Synonyms: firedragon, drake

3. A kind of firework.
4. figurativelypoeticA worker at a furnace or fire.