1.Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. "And fiery billows roll below."
2.Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. "Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?" "The fiery spirit of his forefathers."
3.Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. "You know the fiery quality of the duke."
4.Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. "One curbed the fiery steed."
5.Heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. "The sword which is made fiery."