the pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.-the house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.-the floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.