Nightfire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nightfire is a noun meaning A fire that is lit outdoors at night.
Meaning
A fire that is lit outdoors at night.
More Meanings
- A will o' the wisp.
Example Sentences
I mean to have them all garrisoned again within the year, and nightfires burning before their gates.
Around the nightfires, I read Ezekiel and Leviticus and then spoke mysteriously about the quarry we chased, lengthening all I knew of the Harp gang into flatulent legend.
So I go on with my clowns & ponies, angels floating over peasants warming themselves by nightfires, devils, laborers, simple country girls, of donkey-bodied men & mystic bursts of rain over symbolic volcanoes.
Word Forms
- nightfires
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bonfire, burnfire, grassfire, firebed, blaze, fireplay.
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