fleerishn.
/ˈflɪərɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈflɪrɪʃ/, Scottish English /ˈflirɪʃ/ Scottish.
(Flint and) steel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Flourice, a steel for striking fire with flint.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi. 81 Parishioners..who cared not to carry ‘fleerish and flint’ in their ‘Sunday claes’.
1880 J. Skelton Crookit Meg xxii, in Fraser's Mag. May 651 A piece of tinder is ignited with the old-fashioned ‘flint and fleerish’.
1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 486 In Buchan the steel was called the fleurish or fleerish.
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