fire stick
or fire·stick
or fire-stick
[ fahyuhr-stik ]
noun
a relatively long and slender piece of wood that is twirled against a flat, broad piece of wood to light a fire by friction.
a burning or smoldering stick.
Origin of fire stick
1First recorded in 1250–1300
Words Nearby fire stick
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How to use fire stick in a sentence
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.
Uncanny Tales | VariousA fire-stick would keep alight in a smouldering state for days.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontAnd the fire-stick is still hanging on his mother's ceiling.
The Strange Story Book | Mrs. Andrew LangShouting to the men behind to come on, he waved his own fire-stick to a blaze, and followed Grôm.
In the Morning of Time | Charles G. D. RobertsJanie lifted the living twin, and all set forth by the light of a piece of fire-stick glowing at the end.
The White Queen of Okoyong | W.P. Livingstone
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