Wildfire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An old name for erysipelas.

II. Wildfire ·noun A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

III. Wildfire ·noun A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

IV. Wildfire ·noun A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.

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