Associations to the word «Firedog»

Wiktionary

FIREDOG, noun. (archaeology) Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
FIREDOG, noun. (US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace

Dictionary definition

FIREDOG, noun. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley