watch fire

noun

a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.

Origin of watch fire

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby watch fire

watch chain, Watch Committee, watchdog, watcher, watcheye, watch fire, watchful, watch-glass, watch guard, watch it, watchless

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Example sentences from the Web for watch fire

Taking Edith by the hand, Baroness Baradlay advanced toward the first watch-fire.
The Baron's Sons|Mr Jkai
How the old man brightened when a blue curl of distant smoke promised him a speedy sight of St. Udo's watch-fire!
Faithful Margaret|Annie Ashmore
The watch-fire is out to-night,—the first night in eight months.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate|Ellis Meredith
The doctor and I sat one night by our watch-fire talking the matter over, and I said that I began to be doubtful of success.
Bunyip Land|George Manville Fenn

Your face has flitted out of my watch-fire, and then I have been a haunted man.
Anna the Adventuress|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for watch fire

watch fire

noun

a fire kept burning at night as a signal or for warmth and light by a person keeping watch

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单词	watch fire
释义	watch fire noun a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards. Origin of watch fire First recorded in 1795–1805 Words nearby watch fire watch chain, Watch Committee, watchdog, watcher, watcheye, watch fire, watchful, watch-glass, watch guard, watch it, watchless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for watch fire Taking Edith by the hand, Baroness Baradlay advanced toward the first watch-fire. The Baron's Sons\|Mr Jkai How the old man brightened when a blue curl of distant smoke promised him a speedy sight of St. Udo's watch-fire! Faithful Margaret\|Annie Ashmore The watch-fire is out to-night,—the first night in eight months. The Master-Knot of Human Fate\|Ellis Meredith The doctor and I sat one night by our watch-fire talking the matter over, and I said that I began to be doubtful of success. Bunyip Land\|George Manville Fenn Your face has flitted out of my watch-fire, and then I have been a haunted man. Anna the Adventuress\|E. Phillips Oppenheim British Dictionary definitions for watch fire watch fire noun a fire kept burning at night as a signal or for warmth and light by a person keeping watch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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