† scathefiren.

Forms: Also 1600s scath-, skath-, schath-, 1700s dialect scale-. See also scare-fire n.

Etymology: < scathe n. + fire n. and int. Compare German schadenfeuer, Danish skadeild, Norwegian skadeverme.

Obsolete.

A destructive fire or conflagration.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive

fireeOE

wildfirea1122

burningc1425

embrasement1483

combustion1611

scathefire1632

conflagration1656

empyrosisa1676

firestorm1836

1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age sig. I4 These horrid sights Lighted by scathe-fires.

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 155 Her frequent Schathfires have rendred her not less magnificent, but more famous.

a1663 J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself (1672) vi. 115 In a great Scathfire it is wisdom not only to suffer those Houses to burn down which are past quenching, but [etc.].

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 60 Scale-fire, when a house or town is on fire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scathefire
释义	† scathefiren. Forms: Also 1600s scath-, skath-, schath-, 1700s dialect scale-. See also scare-fire n. Etymology: < scathe n. + fire n. and int. Compare German schadenfeuer, Danish skadeild, Norwegian skadeverme. Obsolete. A destructive fire or conflagration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive fireeOE wildfirea1122 burningc1425 embrasement1483 combustion1611 scathefire1632 conflagration1656 empyrosisa1676 firestorm1836 1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age sig. I4 These horrid sights Lighted by scathe-fires. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 155 Her frequent Schathfires have rendred her not less magnificent, but more famous. a1663 J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself (1672) vi. 115 In a great Scathfire it is wisdom not only to suffer those Houses to burn down which are past quenching, but [etc.]. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 60 Scale-fire, when a house or town is on fire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1632
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