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.

Origin of fire stick

1
First recorded in 1250–1300

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

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

    The Strange Story Book | Mrs. Andrew Lang
  • Shouting 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. Roberts
  • Janie 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