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Definition of FIERY

Fiery
Fiery Fi"er*y (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.] 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. --I. Watts. 2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? --Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. --W. Irwing. 3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak. 4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. One curbed the fiery steed. --Dryden. 5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. --Pope. The sword which is made fiery. --Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of FIERY from wikipedia

- replaced the Middle English term fier (which is still preserved in the word "fiery"). The fossil record of fire first appears with the establishment of a land-based...
- Fiery furnace may refer to: The fiery furnace of the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3) Fiery Furnace (Arches National Park)...
- The Fiery Priest (Korean: 열혈사제) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-gil, Kim Sung-kyun, and Lee Hanee with Ko Jun and Keum Sae-rok...
- times of war. Look up fiery cross in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fiery Cross or The Fiery Cross may also refer to: Fiery cross (bidding stick),...
- In Western astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from...
- The fiery squirrel (Sciurus flammifer) is a rodent in the family Sciuridae. The taxon is endemic to the area south of the Orinoco River in the state of...
- in about the year 230 and has continued to be used by modern Christians. Fiery rivers and lakes in the underworld are mentioned in works such as the Coffin...
- The Fiery Furnaces are an American indie rock band, formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York. The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger...
- The Fiery Cross is the fifth book in the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Centered on time-travelling 20th-century doctor Claire Randall...
- fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Reaching approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length, male fiery skippers...