salamander

Any of various small, tailed amphibians of the order Caudata, having porous scaleless skin and usually two pairs of limbs of equal size, found chiefly in northern temperate regions.

A mythical creature, generally resembling a lizard, believed capable of living in or withstanding fire.

In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being having fire as its element.

An object, such as a poker, used in fire or capable of withstanding heat.

A mass of solidified material, largely metallic, left in a blast-furnace hearth.

A portable stove used to heat or dry buildings under construction.

A wire basket in which waste paper or other combustible refuse can be gathered by street-cleaners, and in which such waste can be burned.

A mass of solidified and infusible material in an iron blast- or other smelting-furnace hearth. It usually consists of wrought-iron.

A kind of lizard or other reptile formerly supposed to live in or be able to endure fire.