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need-fires

need-fires is the plural of need-fire.

Meaning of need-fire

Noun

need-fire (plural need-fires)

  1. A ritual fire created by friction.
    • In Silesia, also, need-fires were often employed for the purpose of curing a murrain or preventing its spread.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 278

Questions about need-fires

What is need-fires the plural of?
Need-fires is the plural of need-fire.

Words near need-fires in the dictionary

  1. need to
  2. need'st
  3. need-based
  4. need-blind
  5. need-fire
  6. need-fires
  7. need-not
  8. need-nots
  9. need-to-know
  10. need-to-knows
  11. needa

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