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fiery (iou)



fiery adjective. ME.
[from FIRE noun + -Y1.]
Consisting of fire; flaming with fire; fire-bearing. ME.
fiery cross (a) Hist. a wooden cross, charred and dipped in blood, used as a battle rallying-signal among Scottish clans; (b) a burning cross used as a symbol of intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan.
Bible (AV): Daniel 3:23 These three men..fell downe bound into the midst of the burning fierie furnace. Dryden He deals his fiery Bolts about.
Looking like fire; brightly glowing or flaming; blazing red. ME.
A. Radcliffe The sun threw a fiery gleam athwart the woods.
b. Of eyes: flashing, ardent. M16.
Hot as fire; burning, red hot. ME.
R. Hooker The sword which is made fierie doth not only cut..but also burne.
b. Acting like fire; producing a burning sensation; inflaming. M16.
A. Bain The fiery taste of alcoholic liquors.
c. Cricket. Making the ball rise dangerously. L19.
Made, tested, or performed by the agency of fire. LME.
Bible (AV): 1 Peter 4:12 The fiery triall which is to trie you.
Ardent, eager, fierce, spirited; pugnacious, irritable. LME.
Ld Macaulay Adventures irresistibly attractive to his fiery nature. C. M. Yonge Charles, in his fiery petulance, declared that he would go. E. A. Freeman Such fiery zeal implies the firmest belief.
b. Of a horse: mettlesome. L16.
Shakespeare Richard II The Duke..Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed.
Of gas: liable to take fire, highly flammable. Of a mine etc.: containing such gas, liable to explosions. M18.
fierily adverb E17.
fieriness noun LME.