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Webster 1913 Edition


Scarefire

Scare′fireˊ

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Noun.
1.
An alarm of fire.
[Obs.]
2.
A fire causing alarm.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scarefire

SCAREFIRE

,
Noun.
A fire breaking out so as to frighten people. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


scarefire

scarefire

English

Alternative forms

  • skarefire

Noun

scarefire (plural scarefires)

  1. (obsolete) An alarm of fire.
  2. (obsolete) A fire causing alarm.
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  3. A house-burning; conflagration; scathefire.