"fire dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire dog (plural fire dogs)
  1. (archaeology) Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar. Categories (topical): Archaeology, Fire Translations (Bronze Age artifact): Mondhorn [neuter] (German), Mondidol (German)
    Sense id: en-fire_dog-en-noun-23o87P8p Disambiguation of Fire: 66 33 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Bronze Age artifact': 99 1
  2. (chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace. Tags: US Synonyms: andiron, firedog
    Sense id: en-fire_dog-en-noun-bqKkYP-2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

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