ˌfiery ˈcross
1. = fire-cross
| 1615 Sir D. Campbell Let. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials Scot. III. 23 Sir James the traitour hes latlie directit out ane fyrie croce from the head of Lockerrane to the Tarbart. 1810 Scott Lady of L. iii. xviii, He vanish'd, and o'er moor and moss Sped forward with the Fiery Cross. |
2. A burning cross used by the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate people. U.S.
| 1926 New Masses July 7/2 Three hundred klansmen are burning a fiery cross on a hillside. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with Wind lviii. 982 We convinced the hot-heads that watching, waiting and working would get us further than nightshirts and fiery crosses. 1948 Chicago Tribune 2 July 1/7 A 10 foot fiery cross was set ablaze in his front yard last night. |