Fiery /(? [or] ?)/

Fi·er·y

Fiery

a.
  1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
    And fiery billows roll below.
  2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
    Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
    The fiery spirit of his forefathers.
    — W. Irwing.
  3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
    You know the fiery quality of the duke.
  4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
    One curbed the fiery steed.
  5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
    The sword which is made fiery.

Phrases & Compounds
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.