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Webster 1913 Edition
Balefire
Bale′fireˊ
(bāl′fīr)
, Noun.
[AS.
bǣlfȳr
the fire of the funeral pile; bǣl
fire, flame (akin to Icel. bāl
, OSlav. bēlŭ
, white, Gr. φαλόσ
bright, white, Skr. bhāla
brightness) + fȳr
, E. fire
.] A signal fire; an alarm fire.
Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide
The glaring
The glaring
balefires
blaze no more. Sir W. Scott.
Definition 2025
balefire
balefire
English
Noun
balefire (plural balefires)
- an outdoor fire, such as pyre, bonfire, signal fire, asf.
- 2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, ISBN 9781578631896, page 236:
- Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.
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