bone fire
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See also: bone-fire
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English banefire.
Noun[edit]
bone fire (plural bone fires)
- A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.
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References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bone fire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.