"bone fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bone fires [plural], bone-fire [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English banefire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|banefire}} Middle English banefire Head templates: {{en-noun}} bone fire (plural bone fires)
  1. A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites. Related terms: bonfire
    Sense id: en-bone_fire-en-noun-U0lih7YP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Paganism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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