feu de joie

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  1. A bonfire, or a firing of guns, in token of joy. About three o'clock the discharge of fifty pieces of cannon was answered by a feu de joie from all the regiments of the garrison, and the yeomanry corps drawn up for the purpose in Stephen's Green. N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 406.

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  1. French, a bonfire, literally fire of joy: feu, fire, from Latin focus, a hearth, fireplace (see focus); de, of; joie, see joy. Hence English dial. (Craven) feudjor, a bonfire.
 

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