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ˈfire-light
a. The light given by a fire or fires.
†b. Lightning (obs.).
c. (quot. 1845) = aurora 5.
Beowulf 3037 He..Fyr-leoht ᵹeseah. c1340Cursor M. 22680 (Trin.) As þondir doþ wiþ fire liȝt. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. III. 210 It takes its Name from Flam, a British Word for a Fire-light. 1800Herschel in Phil. Trans. XC. 480 Their disposition to transmit candle-light or fire-light. 1845Hirst Com. Mammoth 21 Flashed, like the fire-lights of the North, When Winter rules the frozen earth. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. v. 41 The ruddy fire-light gleaming over the walls. |