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Firy, Fyry, a. Also: fyrye, fyrie, fyré, fyrrie, firye, feirry. [ME. fyry, firy, fiery (c 1290), southern fury (c 1275), f. fyre, fire, Fire n.] Burning with, or like, fire; fiery.(a) c1475 Wall. v. 8.
Phoebus had lost his fyry bemis cler
1490 Irland Mir. 79/24.
The schynand and fyry suerd, that stoppis oure gait to paradice
c1515 Asl. MS. I. 322/19.
The fyry wengeans of hell lichtis on thaim
c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 75.
Saturnus doune withe fyry eyn did blent
1513 Doug. ix. xi. 87.
Ane hydduus byssand fyry speir
Ib. xi. xv. 50.
Hait syndris and fyry colys
c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 901.
Cupido, with his fyrie dart
1581 Sat. P. xliv. 340.
Ȝour treason strang ȝour fyrie breist sall ding
1615 Crim. Trials III. 23.
Sir James … has latlie directit out ane fyrie croce from the head of Locherrane to the Tarbart
1657 Balfour Ann. IV. 94.
Was seine in the firmament a fyrrie forked suord
(b) 1531 Bell. Boece II. 63.
Ane firy comeit wes sene, with mony terrible bemes
1570 Leslie 11.
He was called Jame with the firye face, be ressoun of ane bread reid spott … upon ane of his cheikis
16.. Hist. Kennedy 51.
He was feirse and feirry, and winder nembill

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