scarefire en · NOUN
Etymology
From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire.
Scarefire of Purgatory
1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scarefires | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| skarefire | alternative | lexicographic |