fire stick

or fire·stick or fire-stick

[ fahyuhr stik ]

noun

1. a relatively long and slender piece of wood that is twirled against a flat, broad piece of wood to light a fire by friction.
2. a burning or smoldering stick.
3. poker ¹( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire stick¹

First recorded in 1250–1300

Example Sentences

So we were wroth and made to slay the other baas, but he shot us down with a fire stick and returned to his own country in haste.

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A fire-stick would keep alight in a smouldering state for days.

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And the fire-stick is still hanging on his mother's ceiling.

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Shouting to the men behind to come on, he waved his own fire-stick to a blaze, and followed Grôm.

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Janie lifted the living twin, and all set forth by the light of a piece of fire-stick glowing at the end.

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