Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BOUTE-FEU'
BOUTE-FEU', n. [Fr. from bouter, to throw and feu, fire; or according to Thomson, from boute, a match. Qu. from the root of Eng. bate or better.]
An incendiary; a make bate. [Not English.] Bacon.
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