Hypertext Webster Gateway: "balefire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Balefire \Bale"fire`\ (b[=a]l"f[imac]r), n. [AS. b[=ae]lf[=y]r
the fire of the funeral pile; b[=ae]l fire, flame (akin to
Icel. b[=a]l, OSlav. b[=e]l[u^], white, Gr. falo`s bright,
white, Skr. bh[=a]la brightness) + f[=y]r, E. fire.]
A signal fire; an alarm fire.
Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires
blaze no more. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
balefire
n : a large outdoor fire [syn: {bonfire}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.