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bone fire

bone fire noun: a fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Noun

bone fire (plural bone fires)

  1. A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Forms of bone fire

pluralbone fires
alternative formbone-fire

Origin of bone fire

Inherited from Middle English banefire.

Questions about bone fire

What does bone fire mean?
Bone fire means a fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.
What part of speech is bone fire?
Bone fire is a noun.
What is the plural of bone fire?
The plural of bone fire is bone fires.

Words near bone fire in the dictionary

  1. bone densities
  2. bone density
  3. bone down
  4. bone dry
  5. bone earth
  6. bone fire
  7. bone fires
  8. bone folder
  9. bone folders
  10. bone graft
  11. bone grafts

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