fireship
/ˈfʌɪəʃɪp
/noun historical
A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.At this point the English sent in fireships and the Armada scattered in disarray....
- The running battle up the Channel was inconclusive, and only the English fireship attack on the Armada's anchorage off Calais broke the stalemate.
- On the left of the picture, meanwhile, English fireships set out towards the approaching Armada.
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc
- beurre manié
- beurre noir
- beurre noisette
- beurré
- Beuthen
- Beuys, Joseph
- BeV
- bevan
- Bevan, Nye
- bevatron