balefire
a large fire in the open air; bonfire.
a signal fire; beacon.
the fire of a funeral pile.
Origin of balefire
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How to use balefire in a sentence
Nay, even such a birth hath Venus of her own, a second Paris, another balefire for Troy towers reborn.'
The Aeneid of Virgil | VirgilA single window in the wing gleamed like a balefire in the rays of the setting sun.
Shapes that Haunt the Dusk | Variousbalefire devoured, greediest spirit, those spared not by war out of either folk: their flower was gone.
Beowulf | AnonymousThis word was the last which the wise old man harbored in heart ere hot death-waves of balefire he chose.
Beowulf | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for balefire
/ (ˈbeɪlˌfaɪə) /
a bonfire
a beacon fire
a funeral pyre
Origin of balefire
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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