firestick

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noun

A poker used to arrange coals, logs, etc., in a fire.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounfirestick (plural firesticks)

plural firesticks

  1. A poker used to arrange coals, logs, etc., in a fire.
  2. A stick burning, or with hot embers, at one end, taken from a fire.

    Newton used a fire-stick a yard long to light his pipe.

    1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 72
  3. In traditional cultures, a smouldering stick used to transport fire from one place to another.

    If you did not stop, you ricked a firestick into the load and they were pretty good at it, believe me.

    2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 75
  4. In traditional cultures, an implement used to start a fire by friction.

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