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▪ I. pyre|paɪə(r)|
[ad. L. pyra, a. Gr. πυρά a hearth, a place where fire is kindled, the place of a funeral fire, a funeral pile.]
A pile or heap of combustible material, esp. wood; usually, a funeral pile for burning a dead body: see pile n.3 3 d.
1658Browne Hydriot., Ep. Ded., When the Funeral Pyre was out, and the last Valediction over, Men took a lasting Adieu of their Interred Friends. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock ii. 41 With tender Billet-doux he lights the pyre. 1715― Iliad i. 72 For nine long nights through all the dusky air The pyres thick-flaming shot a dismal glare. 1810Southey Kehama i. xiv, Then hand in hand the victim band Roll in the dance around the funeral pyre. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xxxix. 4 Near the pyre they mourn Where weeps a mother o'er the lost, the kind one son.
attrib.1848Hamilton Sabbath iv. 100 The fabled Phoenix was only reborn amidst its pyre-nest of incense.
▪ II. pyre
obs. f. pear, peer, pier n.; var. pire v. |