subs. phr. (old).—See quot.—BAILEY (1726); GROSE (1785).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. FIRE-DRAKES, Men with a Phenix for their Badge, in Livery, and Pay from the Insurance-Office, to extinguish Fires, Covering their Heads with an Iron-pot, or Head-piece.
