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Definition of balefire in English: balefirenounˈbeɪlfʌɪəˈbeɪlˌfaɪ(ə)r US A large open-air fire. 〈美〉篝火;烽火 Example sentencesExamples - In many parts of the British Isles these balefires are still lighted on Samhain to honor the old ways.
- Celebrations include dancing and singing around Maypoles and balefires, and flowers are placed about the home.
- If the Guard knew that, sonny, blood would be shed and balefires lit.
- One of the many things that underwent balefire purifications was cattle, which were often led through the balefire's smoke.
- When the solstice lordship settled upon him, he had rousted the minstrels and set great back-alley feasts, lighting the lives of London's poor like a balefire on a barren heath.
- When both Rand and Moridin let go of the balefire, the two worlds merged, and everything returned to normal.
- These festivities will include the blessing of seeds and driving cattle between two balefires to purify them and promote fertility and growth of the herd.
- Even today, balefires are lit all over Britain and Ireland on May Eve, just as they were in the past.
- Glamour is stored in balefires, which burn in Freeholds, places where Changelings gather.
- The balefires have been rekindled by the high king's messengers, and the land awaits the moment when winter will begin to ebb.
- This gives people a false basis of comparison and a skewed view of how balefire really works.
- Then on the hill that hugest of balefires the warriors wakened.
- The Celts would light balefires all over their lands from sunset the night before Midsummer until sunset the next day.
- Coinciding with the moon landing of Apollo 11, the gates of Faerie flood open and Trods and balefires reawaken.
- When the media reported the project, it was as if the artist had fired the first virtual balefire in society.
- There, their torches were placed in the ground around the sacred circle, often in lieu of the balefires.
OriginOld English (recorded in poetry), from obsolete bale 'great fire' + fire. Definition of balefire in US English: balefirenounˈbeɪlˌfaɪ(ə)rˈbālˌfī(ə)r US A large open-air fire; a bonfire. 〈美〉篝火;烽火 Example sentencesExamples - When the media reported the project, it was as if the artist had fired the first virtual balefire in society.
- One of the many things that underwent balefire purifications was cattle, which were often led through the balefire's smoke.
- There, their torches were placed in the ground around the sacred circle, often in lieu of the balefires.
- Glamour is stored in balefires, which burn in Freeholds, places where Changelings gather.
- Even today, balefires are lit all over Britain and Ireland on May Eve, just as they were in the past.
- In many parts of the British Isles these balefires are still lighted on Samhain to honor the old ways.
- The balefires have been rekindled by the high king's messengers, and the land awaits the moment when winter will begin to ebb.
- The Celts would light balefires all over their lands from sunset the night before Midsummer until sunset the next day.
- When both Rand and Moridin let go of the balefire, the two worlds merged, and everything returned to normal.
- If the Guard knew that, sonny, blood would be shed and balefires lit.
- Coinciding with the moon landing of Apollo 11, the gates of Faerie flood open and Trods and balefires reawaken.
- When the solstice lordship settled upon him, he had rousted the minstrels and set great back-alley feasts, lighting the lives of London's poor like a balefire on a barren heath.
- Then on the hill that hugest of balefires the warriors wakened.
- This gives people a false basis of comparison and a skewed view of how balefire really works.
- These festivities will include the blessing of seeds and driving cattle between two balefires to purify them and promote fertility and growth of the herd.
- Celebrations include dancing and singing around Maypoles and balefires, and flowers are placed about the home.
OriginOld English (recorded in poetry), from obsolete bale ‘great fire’ + fire. |