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Webster 1913 Edition


Pyre

Pyre

,
Noun.
[L.
pure
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] fire. See
Fire
.]
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
For nine long nights, through all the dusky air,
The
pyres
thick flaming shot a dismal glare.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pyre

PYRE

,
Noun.
[L. pyra.] A funeral pile; a pile to be burnt.

Definition 2024


pyre

pyre

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Noun

pyre (plural pyres)

  1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
    • For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31
  2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

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