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单词 bone fire
释义

bone fire

See also: bone-fire

English

Alternative forms

  • bone-fire

Etymology

From Middle English banefire.

Noun

bone fire (plural bone fires)

  1. A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Derived terms

  • bonfire

References

  • bone fire” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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