Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
   1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
      fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

            And fiery billows roll below.         --I. Watts.

   2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

            Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
                                                  --Shak.

            The fiery spirit of his forefathers.  --W. Irwing.

   3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

            You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.

   4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

            One curbed the fiery steed.           --Dryden.

   5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
      feverish. --Pope.

            The sword which is made fiery.        --Hooker.

   {Fiery cross}, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
      pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
      borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
      arms. --Sir W. Scott.