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What is a fireback?

What is a fireback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
  2. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
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Beautiful cast iron fireback from the 18th century with a pair of wedding coats of arms supported by griffins.
Thus, we are not to think the fireback in this dining-room an old belonging of the inn.
The cast iron insert is original to the mantel, as well as the floral fireback.
A woman had only to rattle the fireback with the poker to summon help from next door when her waters burst and her labor was starting.
Castiron fireback from 1910 presenting Cupid flying away, abandoning his quiver of arrows, framed in an oculus.
This practically square cast iron fireback bears an unusual allegorical scene.

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