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of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

A fiery dragon. Beau. & Fl.

A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw.

t burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak. No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. Wirt.

Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke.

ct or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. Tha…

Very fiery. Shak.

eat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton.

rmation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton. Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. -- Globe animalcule, a small, globular,…

to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end. Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels. Milton.

Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. Macaulay.

In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.

Presiding over fire; also, fiery. Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. Pope.

ance; phenomenon. [Obs.] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. Holland.

Lightning. [Obs.] Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer.

shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.

; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.

and and imposing. Thick with sparkling orient gems The portal shone. Milton. From out the fiery portal of the east. Shak.