Fireball

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun Ball, or globular, lightning.

II. Fireball ·noun A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.

III. Fireball ·noun A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.