watch fire
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noun
a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
Origin of watch fire
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Historical Examples of watch fire
The Arab figures and conversation round the watch-fire were romantic enough.
Byeways in PalestineJames Finn
The watch-fire is out to-night,—the first night in eight months.
The Master-Knot of Human FateEllis Meredith
Your face has flitted out of my watch-fire, and then I have been a haunted man.
Anna the AdventuressE. Phillips Oppenheim
Then there was but one red glare in the night, the watch-fire by the dûn.
The Washer of the FordFiona Macleod
Southward, some one had evidently built a watch-fire on the beach.
The Open Boat and Other StoriesStephen Crane
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