firelight

[ fahyuhr-lahyt ]

noun

1. the light from a fire, as on a hearth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of firelight¹

before 900; Middle English firlight, Old English fȳrlēoht. See fire, light ¹

Example Sentences

Prehistoric people may have used firelight to create the illusion of movement in their art.

From Science News

The work suggests that the artists purposely engraved along the contours of the rock to influence viewers to see meaningful movement through the random pattern of firelight, he says.

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He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

From Project Gutenberg

She opened the letter by the flickering firelight, which was stronger on the hearthrug than the light of the dim November day.

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The firelight played on the lace curtains of the baby's bed, as it did on Lady Hartledon's face; a thoughtful face just now.

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The obscurity lent him courage to keep his eyes fastened as ardently as he liked upon the girl who sat in the firelight.

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Pretty silver ferns and trees covered the panes and sparkled in the firelight.

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