scathefire

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Destructive flames; a conflagration. obsolete
    — A title so clear, as if it were “written with a beam of the sliny;” which no true Englishman in his right wits did ever yet oppose, but one or two foreign pensioners, maintained on purpose abroad to kindle scathfires at home, who gained nothing by the question but to render themselves ridiculous.

词形变化

scathefires plural scathe-fire alternative scathe fire alternative

词源

From scathe + fire. Compare German Schadenfeuer (“fire damage”). See also scarefire.
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