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  • fire log
      [cf. OED fire to kindle, ignite] n. chips of kindling wood. (Andros)    
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  • fire-kitchen
    [cf. OED fire-house house with a fireplace obs. except dial.] n, a cooking shed built away from the main house,
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  • fire hearth
      /haht (Nassau); hahf (Andros, San Sal.); hoyt (Eleu., Mayag.)/ [W Car.; Gul. idem (Parsons 1923:120); OED, the pavement of
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  • fire-food
    [from its cooking over is fire] n, cooked as opposed to raw food. (Black)
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  • fire-fire
    [NV Car.; cf. fire (up) to anger, by redupli­cation] adj. quick-tempered. (Black)
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  • fire engine
      [from the red and white colors] n. corned beef in tomato sauce over rice or grits. (Black)    
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  • fire-dance
    n. an African-style RING DANCE in which performers (formerly naked) leap over burning coals (Bethel 1978: 124, 127); it was
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  • fire-chip
    or chip [Car.] n. kindling wood: You could catch a fire with chip or with bramble (Nassau). (Black)
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  • fire-bun, fire-bum
    [cf. Guy. "Fiah, fiah, bun me han: chant by a person wishing to start a fight between two parties" (Yansen
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  • Fire-Bug
    [perhaps from W3 fire bug pyromaniac, firefly, but connection unclear] n. nickname for a native of Marsh Harbour, Abaco. (White)
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