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

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