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needfire

needfire is the alternative form 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

Forms of needfire

pluralneedfires

Questions about needfire

What is needfire the alternative form of?
Needfire is the alternative form of need-fire.

Words near needfire in the dictionary

  1. needer
  2. needers
  3. needes
  4. needest
  5. needeth
  6. needfire
  7. needfires
  8. needful
  9. needfull
  10. needfully
  11. needfulness

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