needfire
[ need-fahyuhr ]
noun
luminescence, as of rotted or decayed wood.
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How to use needfire in a sentence
needfire was then obtained by friction, and all the fires were rekindled from what was regarded as the sacred flame.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantThe last time the “needfire” was used in the Keswick neighbourhood, Mr. William Wilson says, was in 1841.
Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland | Daniel ScottThe term “needfire” seems to be a corruption of “neatfire,” neat cattle being an old and common term.
Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland | Daniel ScottI never heard of the use of the needfire in the Marsh, though it was, I believe, used on the wolds not many miles off.
Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. | Sir James George FrazerAs thou knowest, it seemed to me that I was watching two sparkles from the extinguished needfire wheel.
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest | Charlotte M. Yonge
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