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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. xiii. 591 Whanne firy hoot iren [L. ferrum ignitum] is quenchid in water.

c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 393 (MED) Rubies flesshly fyry rede.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Pv^v The eien firye Bright.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. K^v Mars..Mounted vpon his firie-shining waine.

1613 W. Drummond Teares Death Meliades Mong..fierie twinckling gleames Of warme vermilion swords.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 212 Which fierie-rash temper of his.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 335 Such Fiery-hot Reverberatories of Self-pretensions to Religion.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 The Cyclops' eye so fiery fierce.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 108 Fiery-short was Cyril's counter-scoff.

1889 G. Massey My Lyrical Life II. 304 His fiery-flaming two-edged sword, Which at each door and window waves and burns.

1977 M. S. K. Baluch Lit. Hist. Baluchis I. iii. 81 Both these fiery kindled war-lords tried the edge and energy of their sword for about three decades.

2007 D. Rainbolt Ghost Cats ii. 22 This fiery-sparkling tendency [sc. of cats' fur]..probably led the superstitious medieval people to regard the unfortunate creature as..Satan's companion.