Wildfire
Pronunciation : Wild"fire
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.
2. (Med.) (a) An old name for erysipelas. (b) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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