balefire - 2 dictionary results
bale⋅fire
[beyl-fahyuh
r] 
–noun
| 1. | a large fire in the open air; bonfire. |
| 2. | a signal fire; beacon. |
| 3. | the fire of a funeral pile. |
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Balefire
Bale"fire`\ (b[=a]l"f[imac]r), n. [AS. b[=ae]lf[=y]r the fire of the funeral pile; b[=ae]l fire, flame (akin to Icel. b[=a]l, OSlav. b[=e]l[u^], white, Gr. falo`s bright, white, Skr. bh[=a]la brightness) + f[=y]r, E. fire.] A signal fire; an alarm fire. Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. --Sir W. Scott.
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