firelight

[fahyuh r-lahyt]

noun

the light from a fire, as on a hearth.

Origin of firelight

before 900; Middle English firlight, Old English fȳrlēoht. See fire, light¹

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Examples from the Web for firelight

Historical Examples of firelight

It was not morning, but the firelight, and I was in your arms, not in my little bed.
Green Mansions
W. H. Hudson
She held the child so that they could see the tiny face in the firelight.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
A warmer flush than that of firelight alone lay on her cheek.
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown
Full into the firelight, with a stealthy, sidelong movement, glided a doglike animal.
White Fang
Jack London
There was a glow of firelight through his cottage window, but no candle.
A Singer from the Sea
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Word Origin and History for firelight

n.

Old English fyrleoht; see fire (n.) + light (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper