Crossword clues for firedrake
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Firedrake \Fire"drake`\ (f[imac]r"dr[=a]k`), n. [AS. f[=y]rdraca; f[=y]r fire + draca a dragon. See Fire, and Drake a dragon.] [Obs.]
A fiery dragon.
--Beau. & Fl.A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
A worker at a furnace or fire.
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A fire-breathing dragon 2 A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket 3 A kind of firework 4 A worker at a furnace or fire (an allusive use)
WordNet
n. a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings [syn: dragon]
Wikipedia
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the firedrake is a type of draconic creature.
Usage examples of "firedrake".
The firedrake brought up the rear, for the larger Dragon was having difficulty squeezing through the narrow places in the track.
He turned to regard her and dipped his head in the firedrake equivalent of a shrug.
Though he possessed tolerably good night vision, the firedrake could see little in the shadowed gully.
In addition to night vision, the firedrake possessed other abilities that would aid him.
The firedrake stood protectively over his fallen partner and opened his great jaws wide.
For a moment she floundered, wondering how to explain the firedrake without giving away the secrets of the Shadowleague.
She opened her eyes to see the firedrake trying to squeeze his head into the aperture of the window.
She whirled back to face the firedrake, but he was studiously ignoring her as he watched Mazal with great concentration.
Only when she was grown, and a Loremaster herself, did Veldan realize what a stir she and the firedrake had caused among the Gendival community.
With his thoughts wrapped in a cloak of injured innocence, the firedrake withdrew.
In one great bound, the firedrake reached the edge of the woods, some two dozen crossbow bolts hissing and clattering among the trees at their heels.
She was thrown from side to side as the firedrake whipped his lithe body back and forth to zigzag between the close-set trees.
Had the women been on foot, the outcome would have been different, but even in thick underbrush, a firedrake could move with alarming strength and speed when pressed, though its fierce bursts of action could not be sustained for long.
The firedrake, with its powerful, low-slung build and flexible clawed feet could negotiate such terrain, but Blade knew it would be nothing short of murder to send his men up there on such a night as this, with the wind ravening like a howling, ice-fanged demon and the precipitous rocks treacherous and slick with ice and snow.
Hopefully, with the troops gone from the mountain, the firedrake would get them to shelter before the elements killed them.