fire dog

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fire dog

noun fire dogs · firedog

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.
US Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace. He was[…] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, […]
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noun Bronze Age artifact

Deutsch	Mondhorn, Mondidol

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@misc{fire_dog_2026,
  title = {fire dog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fire%20dog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}