Definition of "firedog" [fire•dog]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. See andiron. See Regional Note at andiron. (noun)

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• "In addition, the Company will also be contemplating the sale of other intellectual property assets, such as firedog (SM) intellectual property assets, Circuit City's installation and technical support service, and TradingCircuit. com, the company's proprietary auction platform for managing returned and exchanged merchandise among others."
• "Inc. to assist in the marketing and sale of certain of the company's intellectual property assets such as firedog (SM) and TradingCircuit. com and related businesses, and the Circuit City trademark and the circuitcity. com website."
• "The newest piece is a late Barbara Hepworth sculpture from 1973 called Meditation which will go to Aberdeen Art Gallery, while the oldest by some distance is a piece of iron age metalwork – a large and beautifully preserved firedog from about 50BC-50AD which has been at the National Museum of Wales since the 1930s."