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

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  1. n. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.
  2. n. An old name for erysipelas.
  3. n. A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
  4. n. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
  5. n. a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration
  6. n:100 n. a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration