fireplug

[Eng. fire, and plug.] A device for connecting a fire or watering hose with a branch from a main. It usually consists of a screw nozzle, to which the hose may be coupled, and a key and rod by which the valve is moved. fire-pot, s. [Eng. fire, and pot.] 1. The box or pot in a stove which holds the fuel. Especially applied to a frustum of a hollow cone or conoid, used in base-burning and other heating stoves. 2. A crucible. In various metallurgic operations the crucible is always termed the pot . 3. A small earthen pot filled with combustible materials, used in military operations. *fir-er, s . [Eng. fir (e); -er.] 1. One who sets fire to anything; an incendiary. 2. One who discharges a firearm.