Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large fire in the open air; particularly, the fire of a funeral pile.
- n. A beacon- or signal-fire.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A signal fire; an alarm fire.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
Etymologies
- From Old English bœlfyr ("balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire"), related to bœl and fyr (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But balefire is an odd thing, as is a contest such as this one.”
“In addition to all of his other abilities and powers, he wields this thing called balefire, which can pretty much erase someone from existence.”
“What they need is a character even more Mary Suey than Rand who can just snatch the balefire out of the air and eat it or something.”
“Good stuff, but unfortunately I still think Rand would just roll up and balefire everyone.”
“I didn't want lemon slices in my iced tea!? was always balefire.”
“But, as we learn like five books in the future, balefire destroys that thread in the fabric of time forever.”
“Perhaps your entire universe is on a stedding, which would serve to nullify balefire and all of the other magic.”
“Melisandre (She might know a thing or two about this balefire thingy)”
“Well actually, none in Westeros would be able to match him even if you remove balefire as an option, which isn't fire in any sense at all by the way (Balefire is a ray of light which removes things from existence before they were eliminated). al'Thor is something of a demigod and would simply tear dragons from the skies, set Others ablaze and roast knights in their armours.”
“(Would be a nice match for the balefire, don't you think?)”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘balefire’.
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
In case you come across words in this list which are too commonplace to fit in, please ...gallipot, roost, badelaire, oblesque, execration, dhole, amschaspand, arctother, chalcedony, penitence, asimi, autarch and 839 more...
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my fab list
blowsabella, aperçu, froideur, salubrious, abject, gallipot, mumchance, wainscot, virago, macerate, lascivious, clandestine and 181 more...
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
babeldom, baccate, bacchanal, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, bacillicide, backstay, bactericide, baculiform, baculine, baculum and 582 more...
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life, death, rebirth
vale of tears, aborning, transmigration, reincarnate, nativity, nascence, metempsychosis, palingenesis, againrising, psychopannychism, thnetopsychism, shuffle off this ... and 104 more...
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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joyce: compounds
a list of joyce's neologistic compounds from portrait of an artist as a young man, dubliners, and ulysses
moocow, oilsheet, fiveshilling, seventyseven, seventysix, studyhall, hearthrug, wellread, playroom, copybook, breadbasket, dwellingplace and 232 more...
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the road
glaucoma, tarpaulin, flowstone, flue, rimstone, alabaster, gully, shoring, grike, riprap, windfall, transom and 120 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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Benandanti
All things Light
aureole, aura, aurora borealis, aglow, lucent, lambent, radiant, bright, burn, fire, solstice, brazier and 94 more...
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Winter Solstice
Words that have something to do with the holidays that fall on or near the Winter Solstice
Yule, Yule-log, holly, yew, bay, bay-leaf, bayberry, Holly King, Oak King, mistletoe, Christmas tree, star in the East and 150 more...
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To the Lighthouse
Words having to do with lighthouses and beacons.
Fresnel lens, frost-lamp, cresset, lightroom, lightage, beaconage, eclipser, lampist, light-keeper, pharology, fanal, minar and 16 more...
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magic
words for your grimiore
prophecy, necromancy, grimoire, tasseography, palmisrty, talisman, pentical, beshrew, soothsaying, paranormal, supernatural, magic and 39 more...
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
glaucoma, tarpaulin, ford, ratchet, slutlamp, mote, shoring, gryke, riprap, transom, manila, cleat and 68 more...
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define.palaver's list
Some of the words that say "Off with the top of my head".
vacua, antediluvian, dupin-esque, gibbering, bifacial, fascia, balefire, oft-, microconscious, provender
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