firedrake : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: firedrake	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for firedrake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firedrake n a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings Synonym(s): dragon, firedrake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firedrake \Fire"drake`\, n. [AS. f[?]rdraca; f[?]r fire + draca a dragon. See {Fire}, and {Drake} a dragon.] [Obs.] 1. A fiery dragon. --Beau. & Fl. 2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket. 3. A worker at a furnace or fire. --B. Jonson.