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bale-fire
bale-fire (ˈbeɪlfaɪə(r)) Forms: 1 bǽl-f{yacu}r, 5– bale-; also Sc. 5 bayle-, 6 baill-, bald-, 6–9 bail-, 8 beal-, 9 bele- beal-, bael, baal-fire. [Found in OE. poetry: then not till the 14th c.; and till lately confined to Scotch. Not in Johnson, nor in Todd 1818. Compd. of bale n.2 + fire; the form...
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balowe-fire
† 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 as...
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bonfire
▪ I. bonfire, n. (ˈbɒnfaɪə(r)) Forms: Sc. 5– bane-, 6 bain-, 5–8 bone-, 6– bonfire; also 6 bonne, boane-, boun-, bond-, 7 boon(e, 8 burnfire; north. and Sc. 5–9 bane-, 6 bainfire. [f. bone n. 1 + fire = fire of bones. The etymological spelling bone-fire, Sc. bane-fire, was common down to 1760, thoug...
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glent
▪ I. glent, n. Now only dial.: see also glint. (glɛnt) [f. glent v.] 1. A look, a glance; = glint 2.13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 1143 So wern his glentez gloryous glade. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1290 Þenne ho gef hym god⁓day, & wyth a glent laȝed. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 46...
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bale
▪ I. † bale, a. Obs. Forms: 1 balu, bealu, def. balewe, bealwe, 2–3 bali, 3 balu, beali, bæl, 3–5 bale. [Common Teut.; = Goth. balws (in compds., as balwa-wesei wickedness, balwjan to plague, torment, balweins torment):—OTeut. *balw-oz.] 1. Actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal...
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