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• boutè-feu

Noun

boutefeu ‎(plural boutefeus)

1. (obsolete) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.

   Animated by […] John a Chamber, a very boutefeu, […] they entered into open rebellion. — Francis Bacon.

   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     But we, who only do infuse \ The rage in them like boutè-feus, \ 'Tis our example that instils \ In them th' infection of our ills.

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