Obs. exc. Her. [a. MDu. vuurijzen (Kilian vierijzer), f. vuur Fire sb. + ijzen, ijzer, IRON. (Perh. FLEERISH is a corruption of this.)] (See quot. 1889.)
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. p. lvii. He that was found in the army but flint and furisine, or but his swerd.
1889. Elvin, Dict. Heraldry, Furisons, the steel used for striking fire from a flint.
