"scarefire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scarefires [plural]
Etymology: From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scare|fire}} scare + fire Head templates: {{en-noun}} scarefire (plural scarefires)
  1. (obsolete) An alarm of fire. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-scarefire-en-noun-u~1btc4C Disambiguation of Fire: 18 42 40
  2. (obsolete) A fire causing alarm. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-scarefire-en-noun-Pm4tHpFR Disambiguation of Fire: 18 42 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 67 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 76 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 81 12
  3. (obsolete) A house-burning; conflagration; scathefire. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-scarefire-en-noun-yc8AB9IW Disambiguation of Fire: 18 42 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skarefire

Inflected forms

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