fire-drake —
“That,”
HENRY VIII., v. 4. 41.
The word firedrake had several
meanings—viz. a fiery dragon, a meteor, and a sort of firework: that here it is used
to describe a person with a red nose is proved by what immediately precedes.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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