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Definition of Fire walker
1. Noun. Someone who walks barefoot on burning coals.
Definition of Fire walker
1. Noun. one who walks over hot coals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Walker
Literary usage of Fire walker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1894)
"In March, 1806, the farm-house was consumed by fire ; Walker gave in a summary
petition to the Sheriff-Depute of Fifeshire, setting forth " that on the ..."
2. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1855)
"John White stated that he was at the Hawk and Partridge public-house, at Bloxham,
some days after the fire. Walker ..."
3. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"The fire-walker's dance was performed when there was a great gathering of people.
David Whale witnessed it only twice. On both occasions the same person ..."
4. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"Some have supposed that the performance is a mere trick, the pit being so narrow
that the fire-walker treads on the sides of it, not on the burning coals ..."
5. Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Patrick Dow (1816)
"In March 1 806, the farm-house was consumed by fire ; Walker gave in a summary
petition to the Sheriff-Depute of Fife- shire, setting forth " that on the ..."
6. Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony: Canada, and the American Revolution by Justin Harvey Smith (1907)
"At length, after the order had been given and repeated several times, the four
corners of the building were set on fire. Walker had expected his neighbors ..."
7. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1901)
"I had neither their faith nor their .simplicity, and so I did not turn fire-walker.
The scene was a remarkable and impressive one, however the fire- walking ..."
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