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balefires

balefires is the plural of balefire.

Meaning of balefire

Noun

balefire (plural balefires)

  1. A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).
    • Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, →ISBN, page 236

Questions about balefires

What is balefires the plural of?
Balefires is the plural of balefire.

Words near balefires in the dictionary

  1. baleet
  2. baleeted
  3. baleeting
  4. baleets
  5. balefire
  6. balefires
  7. baleful
  8. balefulest
  9. balefull
  10. balefullest
  11. balefully

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