also fire-water, "alcoholic liquor," 1826, American English, supposedly from speech of American Indians, from fire (n.) + water (n.1).
fireside
firestorm
firetrap
fire-walker
firewall
firewater
firewood
fireworks
firing
firkin
firm
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