a. Obs. rare. In 6 fierous, fyrous. [f. FIRE + -OUS.] = FIERY 4.
1503. Hawes, The Example of Virtue, xii. 237.
| By this tyme phebus had begon | |
| His ascencyall cours in grete bryghtnes | |
| In to the sygne of the fierous lyon | |
| Exylynge the fenerous frosty coldnes. | |
| Ibid., xiv. 296. | |
| He dyd vs lyght with his pure bemys | |
| Quenchynge of mars the fyrous lemys. |
