fire·dog

(fīr′dôg′, -dŏg′)

n. Chiefly Southern US

[From the resemblance (often deliberately enhanced by ornamentation) between an andiron standing on its supports and a four-legged animal such as a dog .]

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firedog

(ˈfaɪəˌdɒɡ)

(Furniture) either of a pair of decorative metal stands used to support logs in an open fire

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fire•dog

(ˈfaɪ^ərˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg)

n.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. andiron.

[1785–95]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

firedog - metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch"

andiron, dog-iron, dog

support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"

Translations

MondhornMondidol

alare

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He was none of your flippant young fellows, who would call for a tankard of mulled ale, and make themselves as much at home as if they had ordered a hogshead of wine; none of your audacious young swaggerers, who would even penetrate into the bar--that solemn sanctuary--and, smiting old John upon the back, inquire if there was never a pretty girl in the house, and where he hid his little chambermaids, with a hundred other impertinences of that nature; none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; none of your unconscionable blades, requiring impossible chops, and taking unheard-of pickles for granted.

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<B This Capel Garmon firedog is an Iron Age masterpiece - made up of 85 separate pieces of wrought iron and once one of a pair, it would mark the central hearth of an Iron Age chieftain's roundhouse some 2,000 years ago Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

'It's a new era for St Fagans' St Fagans Museum has just unveiled its PS30m revamp and now it contains all manner of artefacts from Welsh life down through the aeons - from a replica medieval prince's court to a deep fat fish fryer from a Cardiff chippy..

And it was easy to see why the little ones' faces lit up when they saw firedog Marshall, police pup Chase and the others come to life on stage right in front of them.

Kids want to be there on the double

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The FR/UK tour hits Middles-|brough at the Mink Tattoo Coffee Bar tonight featuring Holy Moly and the Crackersss, fresh from the festival circuit, and the South of France's Firedog Empire who promise a fusion of jazz, indie, folk and pop into slick and stylish rock and roll.

SOUNDBITES

These included the Cerrigydrudion Crown, the Pigeon's Cave Hoard from Llandudno, the Tal-y-Llyn Plaque from Gwynedd, the Capel Garmon firedog and the Llyn Cerrig Bach hoard from Anglesey.

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See, e.g., Gregg Levine, Egyptian VP Speaks of Foreign Influence in Demonstrations, Protestors in Cairo Report Deaths from 'Snipers', FIREDOG LAKE (Feb.

There is no human right to democracy. But may we promote it anyway?

But few attract as much attention as Billy the firedog, who was recently my guest in Holyrood.

BILLY'S A RED HOT DOG

The so-called firedog, right, is recognised as a masterpiece of Iron Age blacksmithing and may have taken years to make.

Museum acquires priceless 'firedog'

If he runs again he will be pestered by progressives who represent only a fraction of the Democratic Party but who get generous media rime because they are anti Obama and (who continue to believe naively that the Tea Party is a grass roots uprising against Wall Street.) Some of the worst bad mouthing of Obama comes from "progressive" sites like Salon.com, Firedog Lake, and The Nation.

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26 (1925) Hattiesburg's first firedog mascot, "Tippy," died

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The name of the business was inspired by Vail's days at Circuit City's computer repair, titled Firedog.

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