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balefire

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted abeefilrStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

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

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