fire hook (firhuk)

[ ODan. fyrhage ); Also, that ther be v. fuyre hokes, to drawe at euery thynge wher paryle of fuyre ys in eny parte of the cite. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 385. A firehooke , such as they occupy to pull downe houses set on fire. Nomenclator . 2. A heavy rake for stirring a furnace-fire. fire-house (fir'hous), n. A house containing a fire; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, stable, or other outhouse. [Obsolete or provincial.] Peter-pences to the Pope of Rome to be paid out of every fire - house in England. Fuller , Ch. Hist., II. iii. 13.