‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. Job. x. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. the quality of being fierce; ferocity; fury; vehemence.
‖ [ L., cause it to be done. ] (Law) A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability;
a. [ Formerly written firy, fr. fire. ]
And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]
You know the fiery quality of the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fiery cross,