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SALAMANDERS
Noun
salamanders
plural of salamander
Source: Wiktionary
SALAMANDER
Sal"a*man`der, n. Etym: [F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. samander, samandel.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Note: 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. I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years. Shak. Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.
3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
4. A large poker. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
5. (Metal.)
Definition: Solidofied material in a furnace hearth. Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant.
– Salamander's hair or wool (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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