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Webster 1913 Edition

Balefire

Bale′fireˊ

(bāl′fīr)

,

Noun.

[AS.

bǣlfȳr

the fire of the funeral pile;

bǣl

fire, flame (akin to Icel.

bāl

, OSlav.

bēlŭ

, white, Gr.

φαλόσ

bright, white, Skr.

bhāla

brightness) +

fȳr

, E.

fire

.]

A signal fire; an alarm fire.

Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide
The glaring

balefires

blaze no more.

Sir W. Scott.