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ˈfire-iron [Cf. MHG. viurisern.] †1. An iron (or a steel) for striking a light. Obs.
c1300St. Brandan 639 He browȝte a fur-ire and a ston Forto smyte fur therwith. c1440Promp. Parv. 161/2 Fyyre yryn, to smyte wythe fyre, fugillus. c1500Melusine 23 Raymondin..hadd kyndled the fyre with hys fyre-yron. 1530Palsgr. 220/2 Fyre yron to stryke fyre with, fusil. 2. pl. Implements for tending a domestic fire, usually shovel, tongs and poker.
1812Specif. G. Babb's Patent No. 3526, A new Method of producing..fire irons. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre xxi, The grate and fire-irons were burnished bright. 1886J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts (1889) 36 Hammering, shouting and rattling the fire-irons. |