† scare-firen.

Forms: Also 1500s skarifyer, 1600s scar-, scarre-, skare-, skar-.

Etymology: Probably a corruption of scathefire n., as if < scare n.²

Obsolete.

A sudden conflagration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive > sudden

scare-fire1572

1572 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 143 Payd to Thomas Clarke for his payns at the skarifyer at Mr. Burtons.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxvii. 604 These speeches..were interrupted and stayed by occasion of a Scare-fire, that began in sundrie places together about the Forum.

1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 132 We reject private Masses..to be a remedy against Pestilence, inundation, tempest, scare-fire, &c.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K6 From noise of Scare-fires rest ye free, From Murders Benedicitie.

1684 G. S. Anglorum Speculum 479 Of Manufactures, the greatest is the Engine, for quenching of Scare-fires.

figurative.1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 230 The Priests melted mens hearts into charity with the Scare-fire of Purgatory.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	scare-fire
释义	† scare-firen. Forms: Also 1500s skarifyer, 1600s scar-, scarre-, skare-, skar-. Etymology: Probably a corruption of scathefire n., as if < scare n.² Obsolete. A sudden conflagration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive > sudden scare-fire1572 1572 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 143 Payd to Thomas Clarke for his payns at the skarifyer at Mr. Burtons. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxvii. 604 These speeches..were interrupted and stayed by occasion of a Scare-fire, that began in sundrie places together about the Forum. 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 132 We reject private Masses..to be a remedy against Pestilence, inundation, tempest, scare-fire, &c. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K6 From noise of Scare-fires rest ye free, From Murders Benedicitie. 1684 G. S. Anglorum Speculum 479 Of Manufactures, the greatest is the Engine, for quenching of Scare-fires. figurative.1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxv. 230 The Priests melted mens hearts into charity with the Scare-fire of Purgatory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1572
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