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Definition: FIRE-FANGED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb fire-fangedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fire-fangedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fire-fanged.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fire-fanged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Fire-fanged \Fire"-fanged`\, adjective. [Fire fanged seized.]. (references)

Definition: FIRE-FANGED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb fire-fangedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fire-fangedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fire-fanged.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FIRE-FANGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Fire-fanged \Fire"-fanged`\, adjective. [Fire fanged seized.]. (references)