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   Fiery , a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
    Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
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   And fiery billows roll below.
   I. Watts.
   
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   Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
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   Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
   Shak.
   
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   The fiery spirit of his forefathers.
   W. Irwing.
   
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   Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
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   You know the fiery quality of the duke.
   Shak.
   
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   Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
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   One curbed the fiery steed.
   Dryden.
   
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   heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
   Pope.
   
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   The sword which is made fiery.
   Hooker.
   
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   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.
   
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