'Balefire' definitions:
Definition of 'balefire'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration [syn: bonfire, balefire]
Definition of 'Balefire'
From: GCIDE
- Balefire \Bale"fire`\ (b[=a]l"f[imac]r), n. [AS. b[=ae]lf[=y]r the fire of the funeral pile; b[=ae]l fire, flame (akin to Icel. b[=a]l, OSlav. b[=e]l[u^], white, Gr. falo`s bright, white, Skr. bh[=a]la brightness) + f[=y]r, E. fire.] A signal fire; an alarm fire. [1913 Webster]
- Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'balefire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- backfire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blaze,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- bonfire,
- buoy,
- burning ghat,
- campfire,
- caution light,
- cheerful fire,
- combustion,
- conflagration,
- corposant,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- crematory,
- death fire,
- fen fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- flare,
- flashing point,
- flicker,
- flickering flame,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- funeral,
- funeral pyre,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- ignis fatuus,
- ignition,
- ingle,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- kick,
- lambent flame,
- leer,
- marker beacon,
- marshfire,
- nod,
- nudge,
- open fire,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- prairie fire,
- pyre,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- raging fire,
- red flag,
- red light,
- rocket,
- Roman candle,
- sailing aid,
- sea of flames,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sheet of fire,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- smudge fire,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- three-alarm fire,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- two-alarm fire,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wildfire,
- wink,
- witch fire,
- yellow flag