#strike a light
- Fire steel — A small piece of hardened steel, varying in shape, historically used in households to strike sparks from a flint stone in order to ignite tinder or tinderbox sulfur. Figuratively, regionally, or archaically, the term can describe a mechanical support or an iron hook used in traditional wagons.
- Archaic fire steel — An old archaic spelling variant or regional form for 'amânar' (fire steel); a small piece of hardened steel historically used to strike sparks from a flint stone to start fires. In medieval manuscripts, it can also refer to an iron mechanical support or structural link.