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Definition: FIERY CROSS |
FIERY CROSS1. A cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. --Sir W. Scott. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset, fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FIERY CROSS |
| English words defined with "FIERY CROSS": Crantara ♦ Fire cross ♦ Gathering peat. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fiery cross | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FIERY CROSS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | véres kereszt, tűzkereszt. (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | Yn Chrosh Vustyr (The Fiery Cross), Yn Chrosh Losht (The Fiery Cross). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ieryfay osscray budkavle. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-o-r-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: crossfire. | |
-2 letters: crosiers. | |
-3 letters: cirrose, corries, crosier, crosser, forcers, frescos, orrices, orrises, recross, scorers, scorify, sferics, sorcery. | |
-4 letters: corers, corrie, corses, coseys, cosier, cosies, criers, crises, crores, crosse, cyesis, ferric, ficoes, firers, forcer, forces, foyers, fresco, friers, frises, fryers, orrice, osiers, ossify, ricers, risers, rosery, rosier, scorer, scores, scries, seisor, serifs. | |
-5 letters: ceros, cires, cissy. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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