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[ need-fahyuhr ] / ˈnidˌfaɪər /
nounspontaneous combustion. luminescence, as of rotted or decayed wood. Origin of needfireFirst recorded in 1525–35; need + fire Words nearby needfirenedette, nedocromil sodium, née, need, needed, needfire, needful, Needham, neediness, needle, needle bath Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for needfireThe term “needfire” seems to be a corruption of “neatfire,” neat cattle being an old and common term. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland|Daniel Scott Once a year the needfire was so lighted, and all the hearths of the village were rekindled from the blaze thus obtained. Early Britain|Grant Allen I never heard of the use of the needfire in the Marsh, though it was, I believe, used on the wolds not many miles off. Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.|Sir James George Frazer As thou knowest, it seemed to me that I was watching two sparkles from the extinguished Needfire wheel. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest|Charlotte M. Yonge
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