Scathefire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scathefire is a noun meaning (obsolete) Destructive flames; a conflagration.
Meaning
(obsolete) Destructive flames; a conflagration.
Example Sentences
Beneath their ruines: and these horrid sights / Lighted by scathe-fires, they that haue beheld […]
Richard II, in 1385, and Henry VIII, in 1545, each wrecked it, and after this last scathe-fire it was rebuilt no more.
Any escaping villagers would be killed. She had heard of scathefires but fortunately her village had not been targeted.
How much more in extremities of more importance, as the quenching of a scathe fire, or defending of a city, or country, by repelling the invading or beleaguering enemy?
Word Forms
- scathefires
- scathe-fire
- scathe fire
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scarefire, scathefulness, scathe, scorcher, hellfire, bonfire.
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