† brinfirn.
Obsolete. rare.
Fierce burning fire: applied as a name for brimstone.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1164 To-ward sodome he sag ðe roke And ðe brinfires stinken smoke.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1110 Sone so loth ut of sodome cam, Brend-fier rein ðe burge bi-nam.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 754 For mannes sinne ðus it is went, Brent wið brimfir, sunken and shent.
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n.a1325- rayed
- rayey
- rayfin
- rayfinned
- rayfish
- rayfringed
- raygilt
- raygirt
- raygrass
- raygrasses
- raying
- rayl
- rayleigh
- rayleigh criterion
- rayleigh disc
- rayleigh instability
- rayleigh limit
- rayleigh number
- rayleigh scattering
- rayleigh wave
- rayleigh-scattered
- rayleighscattered
- rayleigh–jeans
- rayleigh–taylor
- rayleigh–taylor instability