fire dog en · NOUN
Meanings
- Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
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(US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.
He was[…] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, […]
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| firedog | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fire dogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
de Mondhorn (Bronze Age artifact) · de Mondidol (Bronze Age artifact)