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balefire Definition

bale·fire (bālfīr′)

noun

  1. an outdoor fire; bonfire
  2. a beacon fire
  3. Obsolete a funeral pyre

Etymology: ME balefir < OE bælfyr, fire of the funeral pyre < bæl, great fire (for IE base see black) + fyr, fire

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