"bone fire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bone fires [plural], bone-fire [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English banefire. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:banefire|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bone fire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bone fire"> Inherited from 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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