FIRE
ADJECTIVES
1374 — QUICK of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly
1573 — ACCENSED kindled, set on fire, inflamed → obs.
1576 — LUSTY of a fire: strong, powerful → obs.
1603 — IGNIVOMOUS vomiting fire
1612 — IGNIBLE pert. to fire → obs.
1618 — IGNIFEROUS producing fire; fire-bearing
1623 — IGNIFLUOUS flowing with fire → obs.
1630 — ACCENDIBLE capable of being kindled, or set on fire → obs.
1656 — IGNIPOTENT ruling or having power over fire; mighty by fire
1663 — FLAMMIVOMOUS vomiting or belching flames of fire, as a volcano
1664 — IGNEOUS of the nature of fire; fiery
1684 — IGNIPAROUS productive of fire → obs.
1725 — RANTING of a fire: blazing, roaring → Sc.
1727 — IGNIGENOUS produced by fire, or by the action of fire
1744 — IGNIFORM of the form of fire
1753 — IGNIFIC producing fire
1818 — INGLE-LIGHTED lighted by the fire → Sc.
1823 — IGNITIVE having the property of igniting or taking fire
1827 — MURLING of a fire: smouldering → Sc.
1882 — IGNEO-AQUEOUS due to the agency of both fire and water
1904 — REEVING of a fire: burning brightly → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOLD of a fire: great, big → Sc. (Bk.)
1942 — IN FULL BLOOM of a fire: burning strong → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1990 — PYROPHOBIC fearing fire
ADVERBS
1811 — ALUNT in a blazing state, burning, on fire → Sc.
1875 — RASH of a fire: fiercely, clearly → Eng. dial.
1898 — AGATE briskly, as a fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
..900 — AD a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre → obs.
1000 — BALE a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire → obs.
1000 — BALE-FIRE a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile
1175 — LOWE flame, fire; a flame, a fire, a blaze; also, the gleam or glow of a fire, flame, etc. → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1200 — ELD fire → obs.
1440 — RANDON a rush or stream, as of words, fire → obs.
1455 — BALE a signal or beacon fire → Sc. arch.
1517 — BEETING making a fire, kindling → obs.
1521 — BETTING material for a fire; fuel → obs.
1570 — TINDER fire, a spark → obs.
1593 — PYROMACHY the use of fire in combat
1597 — SMOTHER a smouldering or slow-burning fire
1601 — PYRONOMY the branch of science concerned with the phenomena and uses of heat and fire → obs.
1605 — MONGIBEL a fierce or destructive fire, likened to the eruption of Mount Etna → obs. (Mongibel is the name of Mount Etna in Sicily)
1607 — BUSTUARY a person or thing who sets fire to something or someone → obs.
1635 — SMOTHER-FIRE a smouldering or smoky fire
1662 — PYROLATRY the worship of fire
1667 — QUENCH-FIRE an apparatus, or substance for extinguishing fires → obs.
1676 — IGNEDUCT a vent or passage for fire → obs.
1688 — SIPHON a kind vessel made of tanned hides to carry water in, to quench fire that is raging amongst dwelling houses; a fire-bucket → obs.
1711 — FALSE FIRE a fire made to deceive an enemy, or as a night-signal
1727 — IGNIPOTENCE prevalency against or power over fire → obs.
1727 — IGNIVOMOUSNESS fire vomiting quality, such as that of volcanoes or burning mountains
1731 — PYROLOGY the science of fire or heat
1737 — INGLE fire, flame; a fire in a room; the furnace of a kiln → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1788 — TANDLE — TANLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1798 — INGLE-LOWE the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside → Sc.
..19C — SPUNKIE a small fire → Sc.
..19C — TEND fire → Eng. dial.
..E19 — TINNY a fire → sl.
1802 — SPUNK — SPUNK OF FIRE a small fire → Sc.
1802 — TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire → Sc.
1813 — DACKER the fading of the fire when its heat abates → Sc. obs.
1825 — BLIZZY a blaze, a blazing fire; a bonfire → Eng. dial.
1840 — LATE the flame of a fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1840 — PYROMANIA a mental disorder characterized by the impulse to set fire to things
1845 — BAISEE a large fire → Sc.
1847 — GLEDE — GLEED a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires → Amer. dial.
.M19 — ERIF fire → back-slang
1858 — PYROPHOBIA extreme fear of fire
1859 — ACCENDIBILITY capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed
1866 — NEIST a spark of fire, esp. the last glowing fragment of a dying fire → Sc.
1877 — AIR OF THE FIRE the heated atmosphere surrounding a fire → Eng. dial.
1881 — HAPPERING the snapping or crackling of an ember in a fire → Eng. dial.
1882 — PYROGRAPH a fire signal → obs.
1884 — ANNA MARIA — ANNIE MARIA — AUNT MARIA — AVE MARIA — HANNAH MARIA a domestic fire → Brit. rhyming sl. (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
1886 — NIST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire → Sc.
1887 — JIMPTION heat, fire → Amer. dial.
1890 — AUZE a blazing, glowing fire → Sc.
1892 — VLONKERS sparks of fire → Eng. dial.
1896 — I DESIRE a fire → rhyming sl. (Bk.)
1897 — ILDER fire → Sc.
1898 — AIZE a large blazing fire → Sc. (Bk.)
1899 — BLAST a small wood-fire in a fireplace → Amer. dial.
1900 — FAUKIMS the fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — BARNEY MAGUIRE a fire → Aust. & US rhyming sl.
..20C — BUSH TV a campfire → Aust. sl.
..20C — OBADIAH a fire → rhyming sl.
..20C — PRAIRIE COAL hunks of dried cow dung used as fuel for a fire → US colloq.
1902 — INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside → Sc. (Bk.)
1903 — RED-COCK an incendiary fire → sl. (Bk.)
1904 — REEVER anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCALE-FIRE a house or town on fire → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1905 — AILIS a large glowing fire → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 — BURNOUT a particularly destructive fire, esp. one that razes buildings → Amer. dial.
1910 — WHITE MAN’S FIRE a campfire that is larger than necessary → Amer. dial.
1911 — BEEK what warms; a basking in the sun or warmth of a fire → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BEVIE a large fire → Sc. (Bk.)
1931 — SEED a burning coal covered with ashes to preserve a fire overnight → Amer. dial.
1954 — MUSHROOM a fire that spreads out and downward when reaching a ceiling → US firefighting usage
1967 — NOGGIN small pieces of wood used to start a fire → Amer. dial.
1977 — ANTARCTICA MONSTER Antarctica usage – fire
1984 — FIRESHINE the light from a fire → Amer. dial.
1988 — PADDY MCGUIRE a fire → Sc. rhyming sl.
1991 — PYROPHILIA a love of fire (Bk.)
1991 — PYROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of fire (Bk.)
1996 — MACINTYRE fire → UK rhyming sl.
1997 — MONSOON BUCKET a helicopter-borne water container used for aerial bombardment of forest fires → Can.
2000 — MUD chemical fire retardant dropped from the air → US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1310 — WAIT-GLEED one who sits lazily watching the fire → obs.
1746 — AX-WADDLE — AX-WADDLER one who collects and deals in ashes; hence, one who crouches over the fire, a dirty person → Eng. dial.
1801 — PYROLATER a fire worshipper → obs.
1808 — ASS-CAT a lazy person who crouches over the fire → Eng. dial.
1816 — IGNICOLIST a fire worshipper
1845 — PYROMANIAC a person who is suffering from pyromania
1883 — ACCENSOR one who sets on fire or kindles; in the Roman Catholic Church, a minister or servant whose business it is to light and trim the candles and tapers (Bk.)
1895 — HEARTH-FELLOW a fireside companion
1898 — ASH-CHAT a person who crouches over the fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — ASH-LURDIN one who crouches over the fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — PYROPHILE a person suffering from pyromania
1990 — PYROPHOBIC a person having an extreme fear of fire
VERBS
..885 — BEET to make, kindle, put on a fire → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1000 — SWEAL to consume with fire, to burn; to set fire to; to singe, to scorch
1000 — TIND to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1175 — QUICK of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn → obs.
1290 — QUENCH of fire, a burning thing, etc.: to be extinguished, to go out; to cease to burn or shine → obs.
1300 — SMITE FIRE to produce fire, esp. by striking a flint or other stone → obs.
1382 — SMITE of lightning, fire, etc.: to strike a person or thing causing injury, damage, or death; to destroy → arch.
1400 — LOWE to be on fire; to burn, to blaze; also, to glow, to gleam → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1432 — ACCEND to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire → obs.
1432 — SUCCEND to set on fire, to kindle, to burn → obs.
1486 — TIMBER to make up or add fuel to a fire → obs.
1513 — FUFF to puff, to blow: said of a breeze, fire, etc. → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1550 — SET LUNT TO to set fire to → Sc.
1577 — TOAST to destroy or disintegrate with fire → obs.
1582 — HUFFLE to blow; to fan a fire; to inflate → obs.
1586 — IGNIFY to set on fire; to cause to burn
1589 — TICKLE to stir a fire slightly
1659 — BETINE to set fire to → obs.
1674 — SKARE — SKEER to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking → Eng. dial.
1691 — HEAL to rake up a fire; to cover a fire → Eng. dial.
1701 — INCENDIATE to set fire to; to burn; to make fire of → obs.
1773 — REST to make up a fire for the night → Sc.
1790 — SCALE vb. to stir, to poke, or to rake out a fire; to clear away the ashes → Eng. dial.
..19C — TED to burn wood fires → Eng. dial. obs.
..19C — TEND UP to make up a fire; to add fuel to a fire → Eng. dial.
1809 — WATER OUT to put out a fire with water → Amer. dial.
1820 — HAP to make up a fire, to stack or heap it up so as to keep it in → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1822 — TAKE WITH to kindle; to catch fire → Sc.
1851 — TEND to kindle, to light, to set fire to → Eng. dial.
1852 — BLAST to feed a fire with furze or wood → Eng. dial.
1869 — BAIT of a fire: to feed → Eng. dial.
1873 — FANG A-FIRE to catch fire → Eng. dial.
1873 — SHED to rake out a fire → Eng. dial.
1878 — LECK OUT to put out a fire → Eng. dial.
1878 — OUTEN to extinguish a fire; to turn off a light → Amer. dial.
1884 — MEND to tend or add fuel to a fire → Amer. dial.
1886 — PASH to stir or poke a fire → Eng. dial.
1886 — RANGE to poke the fire; to clear out the bars of a grate → Sc.
1887 — RAKE to bank up a fire, to cover it with a small coal and cinders so that it will burn quietly all night → Sc.
1898 — BLOOM of the sun: to shine scorchingly; to throw out heat as a fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — CATCH UP to relight a fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAMP to put out a fire, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — WARM THE WHOLE OF ONE’S BODY to stand with one’s back to the fire → sl.
1904 — RIDDLE to poke up a fire; to clear a grate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — BACK to bank a fire → Sc.
1905 — RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — VAMP DOWN to make up a fire that it may burn some time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — DARR to poke the fire too much, so that it goes out → Sc.
1911 — BEEK to warm before the fire; to make warm; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire (Bk.)
1911 — BLENT of fire: to flash → Sc. (Bk.)
1916 — ABER to stir up and make bright, as a fire → Sc.
1931 — TORCH to deliberately set fire to something, esp. in order to claim insurance money → sl., orig. US
1939 — FIRE-SET to set fire to → Amer. dial.
1966 — ZIPPO to set something on fire and burn it → US sl.
1970 — ARSON to set alight → Black British sl.
1996 — PUT THE JOHN D. TO HER to kindle or start a fire → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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