- Look up
andiron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
andiron, firedog, fire-dog, fire dog or iron-dog is a
bracket support,
normally one of a pair, on...
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Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy. "A
BRONZE ANDIRON AND A
FRAGMENTARY PENDANT ANDIRON". Christie's. 3 July 1996.
Retrieved 11
February 2025...
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College fire-dogs were fire
basket (
andirons) that
could hold long ****gots, and half-****gots were
smaller andirons that
could only hold
short ****gots and...
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terms in
northern Mississippi include: tow sack (burlap bag), dog
irons (
andirons), plum
peach (clingstone peach),
snake doctor (dragonfly), and
stone wall...
- (formally
giving way in 1907 and
reconstituted into the
Andiron Club).
Included among the
Andiron's regulations was "Rule No.11: Have no
relations save the...
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Hammer of Thor, Hearthstone, an elf, must pay a
wergild for his
brother Andiron's death when they were children. Hearthstone, the
older brother, was distracted...
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spelling of many
borrowed words reflects folk etymology. For example,
andiron borrowed from Old
French was
variously spelled aundyre or
aundiren in Middle...
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common in
recent Western cultures include grates, fireguards, log boxes,
andirons and
pellet baskets, all of
which cradle fuel and
accelerate combustion...
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movement through physical engagement "Dog irons" or "fire dogs", a form of
andiron for
holding wood in a fireplace, or
skewers in
place for
cooking over a...
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spelling changes have
included alterations due to folk
etymology e.g.
andiron, belfry, crayfish, cutlet, female, furbelow, gillyflower, gingerbread,...
