† ˈbalowe-fire Obs.
In form = ‘Fatal or destroying fire,’ f. bale a. or bale n.1; but used in the sense of bale-fire 1, q.v.
| c 1430 Chev. Assigne 233 Þe ȝondere is my qwene· betrice she hette, In þe ȝondere balowe fyre · is buskedde to brenne. Ibid. 344 Brente here in þe balowe fyer alle to browne askes. [cf. 1855 Whitby Gloss., Bally-bleeze [Balow-blaze], a bonfire.] |