gen. A great consuming fire, a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > immense (13) baleOE gen. A great consuming fire, a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire. Obsolete. bale-firec1400 A great fire in the open air, a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything. In Old English spec. the fire of a funeral pile. balowe-firec1430 = bale-fire, n. 1. Mongibel1632 A fierce or destructive conflagration, likened to the eruption of Mount Etna. inferno1894 A large, intense fire, esp. one that is dangerously out of control. Subcategories:— for burning heretics, books, or rubbish (2) — for burning bones (1) — for celebration (5) |
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