Definitions
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- noun A piece of high-
carbon steel used forstriking aspark , usually kept in atinderbox withflint andtinder .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The firestriker was a pure nuisance to operate, especially one-handed.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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The firestriker was a pure nuisance to operate, especially one-handed.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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He held in his talon a nonmagical firestriker, and Blade put aside the pile she'd been sorting to take it from him.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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They didn't have much time before the storm broke, though; perhaps not enough time for Blade to use the firestriker to start a fire in the hollow.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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In the short term, that meant the tents had to be put up by hand, and using freshly-cut poles and ropes; fires had to be started with the old-fashioned firestriker, and any number of other problems, both inconvenient and possibly hazardous, suddenly arose to confront them.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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They didn't have much time before the storm broke, though; perhaps not enough time for Blade to use the firestriker to start a fire in the hollow.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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In the short term, that meant the tents had to be put up by hand, and using freshly-cut poles and ropes; fires had to be started with the old-fashioned firestriker, and any number of other problems, both inconvenient and possibly hazardous, suddenly arose to confront them.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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He held in his talon a nonmagical firestriker, and Blade put aside the pile she'd been sorting to take it from him.
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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Rena carried the food they filched from the kitchen, knives, a firestriker, and a single metal water bottle she'd found in the cellars.
Elvenblood Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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