Crossword clues for firedog
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Firedog \Fire"dog`\, n. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context archaeology English) 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. 2 (context US English) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace n. 1 (context archaeology English) 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. 2 (context US English) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace
WordNet
Usage examples of "firedog".
There was a small fire on the hearth and a billet of lightwood stuck up on a firedog for the only illumination.
I shut my eyes to recall every hairy inch of carpeting, every fringe, every rococo ceiling oddment, all, all brasswork decor, firedog, switchplates, log-bucket, and doorknob.
The firedog runs out of the firehouse, she gives the dog a biscuit, and pats him on the head.
She gives the dog biscuit to the firedog who runs out of the firehouse to her.
He is about to kiss her when the firedog appears on the couch between them.
ANGLE ON Ann and Cal, as they talk, the firedog comes over and Ann gives him a biscuit.
I shut my eyes to recall every hairy inch of carpeting, every fringe, every rococo ceiling oddment, all brasswork decor, firedog, switchplates, log bucket, and doorknob.
He smoked in the room, spat on the firedogs, talked farming, calves, cows, poultry, and municipal council, so that when he left she closed the door on him with a feeling of satisfaction that surprised even herself.
It fell over the firedogs into the drawing-room and rolled on to the carpet, scattering great sparks around it.
He redoubled his pace and led them along the path through the brush until the firedogs were lost to view.
The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests.
They were everywhere, in increasing numbersunder the bed, in the folds of the curtains and the canopy, falling with soft, heavy plops from the damask pelmet and the frilled valance like malignant raindrops, jammed, wriggling in corners, swarming up the elegant brass legs of the firescreen, smothering the matching firedogs, crawling up the gold-inlaid piers of the lacquered table, upsetting the bowl of oranges upheld on its silver pedestal by four winged babies.
He had groped for firedogs in the hearth, thinking he might use them to break down the door, but the fireplace was empty.
It was long, the living-room, with a pitched ceiling, and a big old-fashioned fireplace with brass firedogs and brass-handled irons.