/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fire-ship
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A ship filled with combustibles to be sent against adverse vessels in order to set them on fire.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.