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Definition of Firedogs
1. firedog [n] - See also: firedog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firedogs
Literary usage of Firedogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"The rushlight-holder—The dipper—The chimney crane —The Scottish crusie—firedogs—
... and the firedogs and firebacks of earlier type remained to decorate his ..."
2. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"PAIR of firedogs, in wrought iron—Old 7648. English work. ... PAIR of BRASS
firedogs; terminal figures of satyrs, surrounded bv birds, the lower part, ..."
3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1856)
"The Italian antiquaries seem to consider that they were used, not like the
mediaeval firedogs, to support the fuel, but that they were cooking utensils, ..."
4. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1921)
"... everyday fire built of long pieces of wood, and raised from the ground by
firedogs of green wood. This is the identical fire that burns on the hearths ..."
5. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"In the chimney stood a pair of firedogs of iron, ornamented above with two
garlanded vases, and flutings which had formerly been silvered with silver leaf, ..."
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