A fiery meteor: see firedrake, n. 2. Obsolete.

Astronomy. Applied to a shooting star with a luminous train. Obsolete. Cf. drake, n.1 2.

A meteor; a shooting star.

a shooting star; cf. star shot, n.

a species of meteor or aurora.

With reference to astronomical and atmospheric phenomena. A comet or a large meteor, esp. viewed as an omen or portent. Cf. drake, n.1 2. Obsolete.

A shooting star; a small mass or particle of rock or metal, usually originating from a decaying comet, which enters the earth's atmosphere from…

A meteor resembling a star, that darts across the sky. (Cf. falling star, n.)

A fiery meteor. Obsolete.

A shooting star. Obsolete.

A shooting star.

An appearance of brilliant light in the air; a meteor.

(see quot.).

A fallen meteor; a mass or fragment of rock or metal that has reached the surface of the earth (or of another planet or planetary satellite) from…

A meteor. Obsolete.

D. Kirkwood's name for: a luminous meteor (having an orbit like that of a comet). Now historical and rare.

A body or portion of vapour, usually enkindled vapour; a meteor. archaic.