'Firedrake' definitions:
Definition of 'firedrake'
From: WordNet
noun
A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings [syn: dragon, firedrake]
Definition of 'Firedrake'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. A fiery dragon. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A worker at a furnace or fire. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]