salamander

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sal=a=man=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

salamander, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. ; cf. Per. samander, samandel.].

•  Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.  [1913 Webster]

  " The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs. Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it by the natural coldness of its body."  [1913 Webster]

  "I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years."  [1913 Webster]

  "Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately."  [1913 Webster]
•  The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.  [1913 Webster]
•  A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.  [1913 Webster]
•  A large poker.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
•  Solidified material in a furnace hearth.  [1913 Webster]

Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

salamander, n.
1 Zool. any tailed newtlike amphibian of the order Urodela, esp. the genus Salamandra, once thought able to endure fire.
2 a mythical lizard-like creature credited with this property.
3 US = GOPHER(1) 1.
4 an elemental spirit living in fire.
5 a red-hot iron used for lighting pipes, gunpowder, etc.
6 a metal plate heated and placed over food to brown it.

Derivative

salamandrian adj. salamandrine adj. salamandroid adj. & n. (in sense 1).

Etymology

ME f. OF salamandre f. L salamandra f. Gk salamandra

DEVIL DICTIONARY

salamander

n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water.

THESAURUS

salamander

amphibian, andiron, batrachian, bullfrog, chain, coal tongs, crane, croaker, crook, damper, elemental, elemental spirit, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, frog, gnome, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, hoppytoad, hoptoad, lifter, newt, paddock, poker, polliwog, pothook, spit, sylph, tadpole, toad, tongs, tree frog, tree toad, tripod, trivet, turnspit, undine

ROGET THESAURUS

salamander

Furnace

N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.