a. [ Formerly written firy, fr. fire. ] 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. [ 1913 Webster ] And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. [ 1913 Webster ] Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. [ 1913 Webster ] You know the fiery quality of the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. [ 1913 Webster ] One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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