Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WILD-FIRE
WILD-FIRE, n. [wild and fire.]
- A composition of inflammable materials. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire, burn easily, and are hard to quench. – Bacon.
- A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin; a kind of erysipelas. – Cyc.
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