fire-armedadj.1
/ˈfʌɪərɑːmd/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌɑrmd/ Chiefly literary.
That uses fire as a weapon; armed with fire. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > armed or provided with firearms
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > having fire as weapon
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 279 A fire-arm'd Dragon [Fr. vn serpent iette-flammes].
1718 T. Purney Chevalier de St. George ii. 13 Fire-Arm'd Thunder from th'Empireal Roof, Leaps fierce and shakes his bolted Hand aloof.
1821 Ld. Byron Cain ii. i. in Sardanapalus 346 If I shrink not from these, the fire-arm'd angels, Why should I quail from him who now approaches?
1870 Broadway 1 394 For the second time in our acquaintance, she bent upon me that keen, fire-armed glance of scrutinising power, burning me through and through.
1929 E. Blunden Near & Far 40 The rampart where the fire-armed phantom strode.
2004 W. S. Graham New Coll. Poems 89 My vaned roof ferries The fire-armed day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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