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Definition of Firedog
1. Noun. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace. "The andirons were too hot to touch"
Definition of Firedog
1. n. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.
Definition of Firedog
1. Noun. (archaeology) Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firedog
1. an andiron [n -S] - See also: andiron
Medical Definition of Firedog
1. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firedog
Literary usage of Firedog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fire Safety Education Resource Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"... 412 Public Education in Schools 413 Red the firedog Book Covers 413 Red the
firedog Certificates 414 Red the firedog Poster 414 Red the firedog Stickers ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"... which she strained across the fireplace, tying the end of each piece to the
firedog, previously pulled forward for the purpose, and, unrolling the wet ..."
3. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... the northern side a space Shall show an open chimney-place, Set round with
ancient tiles that tell Some legend old, and weave a spell About the firedog- ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"B. A firedog. (See Andiron.) DOGANA. In Italian, a customhouse or office building
for the collection of taxes on merchandise. In Venice the Dogana di Mare, ..."
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