Balefire /(bāl"fīr)/

Bale·fire

Balefire

n.

[AS. bǣlfȳr the fire of the funeral pile; bǣl fire, flame (akin to Icel. bāl, OSlav. bēlŭ, white, Gr. falo`s 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.

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