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Balefire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).

    "Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite."

  2. 2
    a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) + fire.

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