scathefires

Noun

scathefire (plural scathefires)

1. (obsolete) Destructive flames; a conflagration.
   • A title so clear, as if it were “written with a beam of the sliny;” which no true Englishman in his right wits did ever yet oppose, but one or two foreign pensioners, maintained on purpose abroad to kindle scathfires at home, who gained nothing by the question but to render themselves ridiculous.1845, John Bramhall, The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall