firestick
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English
Etymology
Noun
firestick (plural firesticks)
- A poker used to arrange coals, logs, etc., in a fire.
- A stick burning, or with hot embers, at one end, taken from a fire.
- 1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 72:
- Newton used a fire-stick a yard long to light his pipe.
- In traditional cultures, a smouldering stick used to transport fire from one place to another.
- 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 75:
- If you did not stop, you ricked a firestick into the load and they were pretty good at it, believe me.
- In traditional cultures, an implement used to start a fire by friction.