firedrake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
    dragon.

WordNet

Fire"drake` noun
Etymology
AS. frdraca; fr fire + draca a dragon. See Fire, and Drake a dragon.
Definitions
Obs.
  1. A fiery dragon. Beau. & Fl.
  2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
  3. A worker at a furnace or fire. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913